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{{Quote|All I ever wanted was to love women, and in turn to be loved by them back. Their behaviour towards me has only earned my hatred, and rightfully so! I am the true victim in all of this. I am the good guy. Humanity struck at me first by condemning me to experience so much suffering. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. I didn’t start this war. I wasn’t the one who struck first. But I will finish it by striking back. I will punish everyone. And it will be beautiful. Finally, at long last, I can show the world my true worth.|Excerpt from Rodger's manifesto.}} | {{Quote|All I ever wanted was to love women, and in turn to be loved by them back. Their behaviour towards me has only earned my hatred, and rightfully so! I am the true victim in all of this. I am the good guy. Humanity struck at me first by condemning me to experience so much suffering. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. I didn’t start this war. I wasn’t the one who struck first. But I will finish it by striking back. I will punish everyone. And it will be beautiful. Finally, at long last, I can show the world my true worth.|Excerpt from Rodger's manifesto.}} | ||
'''Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger''' (July 24th, 1991 - May 23rd, 2014) was a British-American [[Mass Shooting|mass shooter]] who killed six people and wounded seven others before killing himself in a [[murder]] spree across several locations in Isla Vista, California on May 23rd, 2014. | '''Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger''' (July 24th, 1991 - May 23rd, 2014) was a British-American [[Mass Shooting|mass shooter]] who killed six people and wounded seven others before killing himself in a [[murder]] spree across several locations in Isla Vista, California on May 23rd, 2014.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/elliot-rodgers-killing-spree-what-happened/2014/05/24/207778ec-e3b2-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html Elliot Rodger’s killing spree: What happened], ''Washington Post''</ref> | ||
According to his family's attorney and a family friend, Rodger had seen multiple therapists since he was eight years old, but the attorney said he had never been formally diagnosed with a mental illness. He was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, an autism spectrum disorder, in 2007. | According to his family's attorney and a family friend, Rodger had seen multiple therapists since he was eight years old, but the attorney said he had never been formally diagnosed with a mental illness. He was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, an autism spectrum disorder, in 2007. | ||
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== The Shooting/Massacre == | == The Shooting/Massacre == | ||
Following turning 22, Rodger began showing signs of mental instability, such as posting racial abuse online and making videos where he claimed he would gain revenge on all those who led to him being alone. Then on 23rd May 2014, he stabbed three of his male roommates to death in their apartment, before hammering on the door of a sorority house. | Following turning 22, Rodger began showing signs of mental instability, such as posting racial abuse online and making videos where he claimed he would gain revenge on all those who led to him being alone.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2014/05/23/shooting-suspect-elliot-rodgers-misogynistic-posts-point-motive Shooting Suspect Elliot Rodger's Misogynistic Posts Point to Motive], ''SPLC Hatewatch''</ref> Then on 23rd May 2014, he stabbed three of his male roommates to death in their apartment, before hammering on the door of a sorority house.<ref>[https://www.kron4.com/news/elliot-rodger-rehearsed-killing-roommates-before-ucsb-rampage/ Elliot Rodger Rehearsed Killing Roommates Before UCSB Rampage], ''KRON4''</ref> When they wouldn't let him in, he started shooting people randomly on the street using a Glock 34 and a SIG Sauer P226. Taking his car, he went on a rampage shooting at people randomly, before engaging in a gun battle with the police, which climaxed with him crashing his BMW and then shooting himself. | ||
Before his rampage, he confessed, "I'm 22 years old and I'm still a virgin. I've never even kissed a girl." And on his way to the sorority house, he posted "College is the time when everyone experiences those things such as sex and fun and pleasure, but in those years, I've had to rot in loneliness" And carried on to say: "It's not fair. You girls have never been attracted to me. I don't know why you girls aren't attracted to me but I will punish you all for it." "I'm going to enter the hottest sorority house of the UCSB and I will slaughter every single, spoilt stuck-up blonde slut that I see." "All those girls that I've desired so much, they would've all rejected me and looked on me as an inferior man if I ever made a sexual advance towards them." Before finally saying "I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you. You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one. The true alpha male." | Before his rampage, he confessed, "I'm 22 years old and I'm still a virgin. I've never even kissed a girl." And on his way to the sorority house, he posted "College is the time when everyone experiences those things such as sex and fun and pleasure, but in those years, I've had to rot in loneliness" And carried on to say: "It's not fair. You girls have never been attracted to me. I don't know why you girls aren't attracted to me but I will punish you all for it." "I'm going to enter the hottest sorority house of the UCSB and I will slaughter every single, spoilt stuck-up blonde slut that I see." "All those girls that I've desired so much, they would've all rejected me and looked on me as an inferior man if I ever made a sexual advance towards them." Before finally saying "I'll take great pleasure in slaughtering all of you. You will finally see that I am, in truth, the superior one. The true alpha male." | ||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
Rodger is considered to be a hero by the [[incel]] movement. | Rodger is considered to be a hero by the [[incel]] movement.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43892189 Elliot Rodger: How misogynist killer became 'incel hero'], ''BBC News''</ref><ref>[https://www.thecut.com/2018/04/incel-meaning-rebellion-alex-minassian-elliot-rodger-reddit.html When a Mass Murderer Has a Cult Following], ''The Cut''</ref> | ||
===Copycat attacks=== | ===Copycat attacks=== | ||
Approximately four years after the shooting, [[Alek Minassian]] killed 10 and injured 16 in a vehicular attack in Toronto, Ontario. Before the attack, he praised Rodger in a Facebook post, referring to him by his title of "Supreme Gentleman". While many suspected that the post was fake, it was later confirmed to be real in an interrogation video. According to Minassian, they had talked on the Internet before Rodger's massacre. | Approximately four years after the shooting, [[Alek Minassian]] killed 10 and injured 16 in a vehicular attack in Toronto, Ontario. Before the attack, he praised Rodger in a Facebook post, referring to him by his title of "Supreme Gentleman". While many suspected that the post was fake, it was later confirmed to be real in an interrogation video. According to Minassian, they had talked on the Internet before Rodger's massacre. | ||
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* His role model was [[Seung-Hui Cho]] aka the Virginia Tech Shooter. | * His role model was [[Seung-Hui Cho]] aka the Virginia Tech Shooter. | ||
* He would disturb and cause trouble to random people because he was jealous of them, and Elliot thought only he should be the one having fun with girls and no one else. | * He would disturb and cause trouble to random people because he was jealous of them, and Elliot thought only he should be the one having fun with girls and no one else. | ||
* Despite him being half-Asian, he [[Asiaphobia|hated Asian people]]. | * Despite him being half-Asian, he [[Asiaphobia|hated Asian people]].<ref>[https://www.aaldef.org/blog/elliot-rodgers-manifesto-shows-self-hate-fueled-anti-asian-violence-that-kicked-off-isla-vista-rampa/ Elliot Rodger’s manifesto shows self-hate fueled anti-Asian violence that kicked off Isla Vista rampage], Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund</ref> | ||
**He also [[Negrophobia|hated black people]] and [[Hispanophobia|Hispanic people]]. | **He also [[Negrophobia|hated black people]] and [[Hispanophobia|Hispanic people]]. | ||
* He had a nice, caring and friendly female friend in London when he was a kid, but after Elliot moved away they've never talked again. | * He had a nice, caring and friendly female friend in London when he was a kid, but after Elliot moved away they've never talked again. | ||
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*He is similar to [[David Attias]], since both are sons of celebrities who went into a spree killing in Isla Vista. | *He is similar to [[David Attias]], since both are sons of celebrities who went into a spree killing in Isla Vista. | ||
== See | == See also == | ||
* [[George Hennard]] | * [[George Hennard]] | ||
* [[George Sodini]] | * [[George Sodini]] | ||
* [[Scott Beierle]] | * [[Scott Beierle]] | ||
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