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the thing is shooters are only "internet famous" for the success of the act itself slotting into narratives of fighting power. tarrant shooting muslims was seen as challenging the immigrant-loving political power and taking a stand for white nationalism. chuds liked him for the political association and that it seemed like the shooting was for a grand cause - whether anyone else thinks that's horribly wrong doesn't change the appeal of that
if the grand cause is
>i want to be popular :)
that's pathetic and people don't want to associate with that. same thing with shooting children, that's not challenging power (it's not even doing the elaborate argument of fighting against a moral demand that killing children is wrong) so it fails part of the image yet again. columbine didn't even have that problem because the culprits were children too, it was on "equal footing" and a thing about fighting le preps on behalf of the outcasts or whatever

like even if he shot a dozen kids it would not change this calculation much (some might cheer on high score grounds)
anyway sorry i had to get into an argument about epistemics of horse art theft accusations with a bunch of literal faggots