Two recent school shootings are highlighting what extremism researchers see as a growing — and poorly understood — trend among young people who embrace mass violence.

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    7 hours ago

    Adults: destroy world for next generation

    Children: become nihilists

    Adults: surprised_pikachu.jpg

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    At some point we have to consider if our culture and society isn’t just sick, and these children are not products of online trends, but more the inflamed pustules of the feverish patient.

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    10 hours ago

    My take away: America has had school shootings for long enough to have statistical analysis applied.

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      My take away before mass shooters there were spree killers, it is the same mental disorder in a new generation

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      Columbine was almost 26 years ago. So the only people who haven’t had the experience of being in school during the risk of shootings are in their late 40s and older.

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    12 hours ago

    “Young people” are less cynical and have a harder time surviving in a society with many arbitrary taboos, censorship, and other injustices.