Parody of: Santa Barbara shooting: Suspect was ‘soft-spoken, polite, a gentleman’, ex-principal says. http://www.whittierdailynews.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-was-soft-spoken-polite-a-gentleman-ex-principal-says/
Rationale:
The parody article reiterates the biases presented in the original article “ Santa Barbara shooting: Suspect was ‘soft-spoken, polite, a gentleman’, ex-principal says.” It highlights the white victimization bias as a shooter is presented as a victim through the contents portraying him in a certain manner. The subject of the article focuses on the shooters good qualities and life while avoiding the actual event itself which makes the audience ignore the act focusing on his difficulties in life which evoke a sense of sympathy. Through sarcasm and satirical descriptions, the parody article reveals the irrelevance of the details mentioned and how they had nothing to do with the original crime. This sarcasm unveils the portrayal of a victim role within the original article signifying the unreasonableness of the article’s intent and discussion. It highlights the useless justifications of the shooter’s actions through the normalization of what he went through in comparison to many teenagers which describes the unjust justification for his actions.
Santa Barbara Shooting: Shooter could not possibly have done it because he was 'soft-spoken, polite, a white gentlemen', ex-principal says.
Elliot Rodger allegedly killed six people and injured 14 near the University of California before horribly killing himself, however, he had never shown any form of aggression ever in his entire life.
Deborah Smith was mortified and devastated to hear her previous student's alleged attack as she had known him more than two years and had brief conversations with him which really connected her to the student. Her previous principle role allowed her to really connect with the student even though he barely conversed with her. She understood his behavior and his mind prefect;y from their interactions and attempted to make his life in high school as easy as possible.
She could never even imagine Rodger to ever do something like this as she worked with disturbed students and never saw him as one. However, it was known that Rodger was an extremely tortured soul struggling to fit into life. He would be able to convince people that he was just as normal as everyone else but everyone knew he had Asperger's syndrome and constantly battled with social interactions and envy towards his closest friends. His awkwardness prevented him from engaging with anyone at all which stopped him from living a normal teenage life.
Rodger was a straight A student and never absent for a single day of school. He was constantly tormented at school by the other students as girls chose other guys over him and his friends hung out with other people sometimes. These girls and friends drove him to be more self-conscious and uncomfortable around others. The poor teenager had the absolute worst time in high school as he felt "uncool" and "an outsider" which no one ever has to go through.
He may have created an infamous youtube video called “Elliot Rodger’s Retribution” describing his want for revenge for girls who rejected him and guys who were sexually active as it was just so unfair to him and his life. It described how his social anxiety stopped him from living and no one helped him with it making his life so much worse. He even released a manifesto before brutally killing himself which enlightens everyone on the difficulties in his life and how hard it was for him to find happiness.
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