“I could have been Elliot Rodger …” So goes the storyline of more than a handful of self-hating, misogynistic males in the wake of the UCSB tragedy. I’m sure many have been shocked back into reality, counting their blessings that they never made it into Elliot Rodger’s league.
Let’s hope.
But I wonder how many potential Elliots there still are in this gun-enabled society.
Frankly, as a father of a college-age daughter, I worry more about all the minor league Elliots still out there. The ones who are saying, “He went overboard, what’s right with me?”
Indeed, what’s right with them is they aren’t crazy—not yet.
But they still tend to like violent video games, drink too much at the kegger, and, by their actions toward women, act as if they are young college Neanderthals in training.
Oh, and “Game of Thrones” tends to be their favorite TV show.
