not exactly rocket science

The Queer Thing About School Shooters, Pt 4.

I really hadn't planned on writing a part four, since parts one, two, and three pretty much said it all. But some things bear repeating, especially when another kid gets called a "faggot" and brings a gun to school.

A 16-year-old was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the shooting death of his high school principal.

Eric Hainstock was convicted a day earlier of the first-degree intentional homicide of Weston Schools Principal John Klang last September in Baraboo, Wis..

...Hainstock said that a group of kids had teased him by calling him "fag" and "faggot" and rubbing up against him, the complaint said, and the teen felt teachers and the principal wouldn't do anything about it. So Hainstock decided to confront students, teachers and the principal with the guns to make them listen to him, according to the complaint.

Not that it excuses bringing a gun to school and killing anybody but, like I've said before, I kinda know where the kid was coming from.

(Pam's House Blend)
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But it's true - teachers, principals, parents, etc don't do anything about bullying. Anyone who is different at all will be picked on their entire school career and no one will say a word to the bullies.

As the poster says, it's not an excuse, but there are good reasons why this keeps happening and good reasons why it's not going to stop any time soon - people won't discipline the jock assholes.

and yes, it still pisses me off personally decades later....