gentle reader Wrote:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/
> 2015/10/02/ore-shooter-left-behind-online-portrait
> -of-a-lonely-youth-with-a-grudge-against-religion/
>
>
> so according to your local newspaper, the shooter
> was not of any particular religious persuasion.
>
> And just for the record, autism is a spectrum
> disorder, meaning it has various forms and degrees
> of severity. There are plenty of people with
> autism who wouldn't hurt a fly, won't even kill a
> spider.
>
> Oddly enough, I recall a dude I was
> semi-acquainted with once many years ago,(friend
> of a friend) who was a tad disturbed. He reminds
> me of this shooter. He was mixed of three races,
> if I recall correctly, black,white,and an
> unspecified native American tribe. But he
> identified himself as Japanese, often walked
> around carrying a samurai sword strapped to his
> back, obsessed with final fantasy and other video
> games. And refused to be called by his legal name,
> in favor of a Japanese one he had chosen himself.
> He said his father was never around growing
> up,referred to his mother as "the bitch" and
> compulsively shaved his head and all body hair off
> weekly.
My guess is Aspergers with comorbidity, such as Sociopathy. Its very possible, although not as common. Same with the Sandy Hook shootings. Autism and sociopathy are a really bad combo. Just plain autism would be less likely than everage to do something like this.