Episode 1
Episode 1: School Shootings and the Columbine Hero Cult
The Caffeine Stream · C.B. Robertson
May 30, 202231m 19sExplicit
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Show Notes
Whenever there is a major shooting in the news, various pundits and experts jump into the fray to dissect the many causes (and of course, the purported cures) for these events. SSRIs, involuntary celibacy, and American gun culture are commonly invoked as causes, but in this episode, I focus on a different, more religious frame that might help explain why these mass shooting events keep happening.
In this episode, we talk about:
- What a "hero cult" is
- How, in the absence of religious leadership, young men will fashion their own religious cults
- The characteristics of hero cult in the first major school shooting: Columbine
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