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Topic History of: Kyle Clifford Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Downing Street Cat
Green Man wrote: I have noticed that people moan about Tate, has never watched him he is no more than the class clown.
Clifford may have watched Tate but if he did he probably wanted something to laugh about before killing. Or perhaps Clifford is interested in martial arts like many young men are.
I remember when a young lad was murdered because the media and police said he was playing Manhunt and Bully. The lad was going to kill anyway, it's nothing to do with video games.
I am old enough to remember the queues for Mortal Kombat in the arcades, it was supposed to be violent then but it was no more than silly cartoon violence.
Indeed. When a Clockwork Orange was released there were worries that young men would be influenced by the violence. Despite the film being about the State controlling people's minds, it was the scenes of violence that worried the 'State' more. lol. I think there was later an incident in which a homeless man was beaten to death by two youths who hade just been to see the film. Such were the headlines that Kubrick decided to withdraw the film from general release. and I also remember the two boys who murdered the toddler James Bulger were alleged to have been avid watchers of Video nasties including the film Child's Play. As JK would say--a better story than focusing on their upbringing.
Green Man
I have noticed that people moan about Tate, has never watched him he is no more than the class clown.
Clifford may have watched Tate but if he did he probably wanted something to laugh about before killing. Or perhaps Clifford is interested in martial arts like many young men are.
I remember when a young lad was murdered because the media and police said he was playing Manhunt and Bully. The lad was going to kill anyway, it's nothing to do with video games.
I am old enough to remember the queues for Mortal Kombat in the arcades, it was supposed to be violent then but it was no more than silly cartoon violence.
Jo
Downing Street Cat wrote: Jo wrote: BBC rolling coverage: "He viewed content from self-described misogynist and social media personality Andrew Tate the night before the murders, as well as consulting his brother Bradley - a convicted murderer"
Tate may not have made him kill but it does sound as if he'd viewed Tate to help get himself in the mood. It's the influence that Tate is apparently having on boys that seems to be particularly disturbing.
"Schools across the UK are encountering increasing numbers of pupils who admire Tate"
So what motivated Jack the Ripper, Jo? Or Peter Sutcliffe? Clifford was disturbed and possibly psychotic. Take Tate out of the equation he would still be disturbed and psychotic. I also feel that young men are perhaps being ignored in a modern day culture that often emboldens young women encouraging strength and independence from the days of old. All for it. But many young men are killing themselves. Another topic entirely. Of course. Clifford is mad.
The fact that Tate wasn't around at the time of Jack the Ripper or Peter Sutcliffe doesn't mean he couldn't have influenced Clifford. But you could be right and it could be a concidence that Clifford liked watching a misogynist but was purely self-motivated to rape and kill women.
I don't agree with calling people "psychotic" whenever a heinous crime is committed, without knowing for sure they have psychosis. People with psychosis are apparently more likely to harm themselves.
People with an antisocial personality can sometimes pose a threat to others because they can be violent. Most people with psychosis are more likely to harm themselves than others.
Tate is important only as a symptom of a sick society. He can and will be replaced. He in himself is unimportant and unsuccessful; a conclusion I think he would probably disagree with.
Yes there have always been men who feel inadequate with regards to women and at the worst extreme kill them.
But perhaps this becomes just a little more likely in a sick society.
Downing Street Cat
Jo wrote: BBC rolling coverage: "He viewed content from self-described misogynist and social media personality Andrew Tate the night before the murders, as well as consulting his brother Bradley - a convicted murderer"
Tate may not have made him kill but it does sound as if he'd viewed Tate to help get himself in the mood. It's the influence that Tate is apparently having on boys that seems to be particularly disturbing.
"Schools across the UK are encountering increasing numbers of pupils who admire Tate"
So what motivated Jack the Ripper, Jo? Or Peter Sutcliffe? Clifford was disturbed and possibly psychotic. Take Tate out of the equation he would still be disturbed and psychotic. I also feel that young men are perhaps being ignored in a modern day culture that often emboldens young women encouraging strength and independence from the days of old. All for it. But many young men are killing themselves. Another topic entirely. Of course. Clifford is mad.