Aspies For Freedom

My reaction was...that sucks....Why didn't any body tackle the guy? He had to stop and reload at some point.  My co-workers called me insensitive.

To tell you the truth, I don't feel saddened by it at all. It would be a lie to say I am. All over the internet, and on the news, I see people that weren't directly involved in it, saying they are saddened, shocked, and or even outraged at it. And honestly, I don't feel anything. People die every day. The violence is nothing new. To, it's just another day on planet Earth.

I guess that's why people say that we Aspies lack empathy, right? They might not understand how we don't feel sad about it, but as for me, I don't understand why people who weren't even involved in it are acting so sad over it. People might tell me I'm sociopathic, but why pretend to feel sad over something I really don't feel sad about?

I'm also fascinated in a way, all I have been thinking about is how the shooter must have felt, what caused him to take such drastic action and go on a rampage like that? People will judge him and dismiss him as a deranged and evil psychopath, but I see him as a very tragic figure who found himself in a cruel world and was lost, alone, and filled with rage and despair.

Yeah I had that basic, thats bad, reaction. I heard that the police came and then went away or something and he came back? All I thought was why didn't someone stop him sooner.

Same thing with 9-11 I was like.. why didn't those people on the first two planes stop them like the third one? I mean come on? They had what.. razorblades? how the hell can a plane full of people be taken over by razorblades?! its redicidulous!? Even if they had guns that many people could have overpowered them.. they couldn't stop them all. So through inaction they let themselfs and others die and get hurt and two buildings fall. Also I don't understand why people want to take out the twin towers from everything? I mean come on... remmoving thier image doesnt help anything, except maybe forgetting about something.. which is how we let things happen again... ie history repeats.

Er.. sorry for the tangent.... but yeah.. I usually think about things like why didnt he get stopped, how did it get to that point without someone doing something... or whatever.

Oh and as for the 9-11 thing... is it bad that I was hoping for a day off from school when it happened?

Yeah, I hate the hypocrisy of society. People, including young children, are dying in poverty around the world every day in mass numbers. But do these same people who mourn for the Virginia Tech shootings care about them? No. It's disgusting.

Coming from an NT perspective I think that you guys are being a little hard on your self. Obviously I cant speak for all NTs but the truth is it's not like we're all sobbing our hearts out because of this crime. I'm aware that it is a tragedy and that its hurt a lot of people. It's regretable when people in Iraq die and when people in Afric die aswell. Quite often NT's responses are fueled by how 'close' the accident came. For example in the London bombings people were shocked because it could be their family and friends who are involved.

I feel that the media plays an important part in the lack of empathy which seems to be on the rise. I read 'Status Anxiety' by Alain de Botton a few weeks ago and he was talking about Oedipus. Oedipus is a tragic story where a hero with generally good intentions makes a few catastrophic but unforeseen errors of judgement ... de Botton's point was that if the tabloids got hold of it they would make fun of the situation and hence remove any empathy that people would feel.

I wasn't sad at all. In fact I was pretty cold about it. My response to the who fiasco was "Fecus Accdit" *** happens.

I really don't have any emotions towards it at all.