He supports this by saying, “Forensic investigators have found that troubled young men at risk of going on a rampage tend to identify with mass shooters they see on TV and online.” Most Americans are disgusted and repulsed by images and videos of maniacs, Follman argues, “but aspiring copycats see an antihero who’s gone from being a miserable nobody to a world-famous somebody with a few pulls of a trigger.” Deranged humans are willing to do anything to get attention, even if it is not good attention. So, Follman proposes that the United States should, “summarize the salient material,” rather than, “propagating a killer’s demented bid for glory. This claim is effective because Follman supports it with evidence that is sufficient, authoritative, and
He supports this by saying, “Forensic investigators have found that troubled young men at risk of going on a rampage tend to identify with mass shooters they see on TV and online.” Most Americans are disgusted and repulsed by images and videos of maniacs, Follman argues, “but aspiring copycats see an antihero who’s gone from being a miserable nobody to a world-famous somebody with a few pulls of a trigger.” Deranged humans are willing to do anything to get attention, even if it is not good attention. So, Follman proposes that the United States should, “summarize the salient material,” rather than, “propagating a killer’s demented bid for glory. This claim is effective because Follman supports it with evidence that is sufficient, authoritative, and