Hermoor's ramblings weren't of the 'yay random' type. They were far closer to the 'violent neo-Nazi' type. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near him; many things he said were quite vicious and nasty - not stuck by OTT graphic violence, but very coarse and aggressive nonetheless.
I'm almost certain that Hermoor is a timid skinny kid IRL, and wouldn't pose a threat to anyone or say in real life any of the things he says online. It's likely that the reason for his behaviour, ranting and insistence on his own intellectual superiority online is that he gets picked on in school.
That's what they said about the columbine kids,people usually don't see it coming till its too late.
Unfortunately, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold weren't picked on, in fact, they were actually quite popular and well liked. The problem was Eric Harris had depression issues, and the medication he was on can contribute to increased aggression, being a sociopath didn't help either, and Dylan Klebold, being his best friend, just kinda followed along with what he did. According to the infamous "basement tapes" their main motivation was revenge at cops for catching them breaking into a van a year earlier. I could go on and on about this (I've studied the incident WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much for a healthy human being), SO, I'm just going to take the time to shoot down some particularly persistent myths
1)
Cassie Bernal was asked if she believed in god, and was then shot when she replied "yes": Official investigation, and several witnesses have stated that this exchange either had not taken place, or had not taken place with Bernal. In fact, Emily Wyant, a friend of Cassie Bernal, had been studying with her in the library when the shootings began, and said they were under the table, when Eric Harris suddenly slammed his fist on the table, then said "peek-a-boo" before shooting Cassie Bernal.
2)
Eric Harris created a set of levels for DooM that had the same layout as the Columbine High School hallways:NO NO NO NO NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This simply did. not. happen. Scans of his harddrive had none of these, nor did his website, nor did Dylan Klebold's computer, none of them had these levels. Nobody does, they simply do not exist. Now, I have played their levels, and they are nothing more than mindless violence, not even any mazes or puzzles, but they sure as sh*t weren't the columbine hallways.
3)
Third shooter on the roof:It was a janitor
4)
The date chosen was April 20th, because it was Hitler's birthday:Nope, It was originally April 19th, because Robyn Anderson, one of the people who helped them procure guns wasn't going to be present. HOWEVER, there were delays in making their bombs (most of which failed anyway), so they delayed the date by one day. Another theory states, that April 19th was both the day of the Oklahoma City bombing, and the day the fires started in Waco Texas during the siege on the Branch Davidian compound, and in their journals and videos, they stated that they wanted to outdo both of those events.
5)
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were members of the "Trenchcoat Mafia":No. Eric Harris's father claims they were, yet both of them didn't appear in the yearbook picture, nor did they have any connections with the members. If they had no connections, nor were they in the yearbook picture... how could they have been members?
6)
They loved Marylin Manson:Nope, hated him
7)
The massacre could've been prevented by more observant parents/friends/teachers/authority figures:Nope. Just about anybody who's looked over the event can tell you, that there were no warning signs of THIS happening.
Now, all that being said, there was but ONE good thing that came from all of this. Both because of how it went down, and when it went down, it probably saved a few-hundred lives. If their plan had gone off as intended, Columbine High School would no longer exist, and (now this is the scary part), they would have tried to steal a plane, and (try to) fly it into a skyscraper (they had said that their main goal was actually the WTC if they could get to it, but any skyscraper would do). Now, had they not gone through with it when they did. Eric Harris would've probably ended up like Tim McVeigh and learned to make deadlier (and working) bombs, and blown up a major building.
...I think that's all I have to say for now
EDIT: Nope, Kudistos, they weren't goths at all.
