4.30, AT THE SWEET SPOT FOR THE LOWEST PRICES FOR GAS. THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR KEY
PERSON. TOYOTA TIME SAVER
TRAFFIC.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: THE 18
YEAR-OLD WHO WALKED INTO THAT
TEXAS CLASSROOM AND KILLED 19
STUDENTS AND 2 TEACHERS MAY 3
CHILLING POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
THE POST ON FACEBOOK A HALF
HOUR BEFORE THE ATTACK. THE
FIRST READ. I’M GOING TO SHOOT
MY GRANDMOTHER. THE OTHER WAS
I SHOT MY GRANDMOTHER AND THE
3RD POSTED ABOUT 15 MINUTES
BEFORE THE RAMPAGE AT RED. I’M
GOING TO SHOOT AN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL. HE ALSO ALLEGEDLY
POSTED DISTURBING IMAGES
ONLINE TO INSTAGRAM PRIOR TO
CARRYING OUT THE ATTACK. IT
WAS JUST LAST WEEK THAT THE
NEW YORK’S ATTORNEY GENERAL,
LETITIA JAMES, ANNOUNCED THAT
HER OFFICE WAS INVESTIGATING
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES AFTER
ANOTHER MASS SHOOTING AND USE
THE ONLINE PLATFORMS TO PLAN
PROMOTE AND STREAM A MASS
SHOOTING IN A BUFFALO GROCERY
STORE THAT LEFT 10 PEOPLE
DEAD. JAMES SAID HER OFFICE
WOULD INVESTIGATE. TWITCH FOR
CHEN A CHANT OF DISCORD ALONG
WITH OTHER PLATFORMS THAT THE
SHOOTER USED TO AMPLIFY THE
ATTACK. SOCIAL MEDIA IS
INCREASINGLY BEING LINKED WITH
MASS SHOOTINGS ONLINE. JOINING
ME ON THE MORNING SHOW,
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST DOCTOR
STEPHEN BLOOMFIELD. GOOD
MORNING. MORNING. ARE YOU
DOING TO THAT VERY WELL. SO
ONE LITTLE CAN BE DONE TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM MAKING
THREATS ONLINE. WE CAN BE MORE
AWARE ABOUT HOW PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY TEENAGERS ARE USING
SOCIAL MEDIA TO FOSTER
AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE. IS IT
BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT
THEY’RE THEY’RE HAVING A
CONVERSATION, BUT NOT THE KIND
OF CONVERSATION THAT YOU AND I
ARE USED TO.
>> WELL, THE CONVERSATION IS
VIRTUAL AND AS A DISSOCIATED
FACTOR, IT’S IT’S A HARD
CONCEPT TO GET YOUR YOUR
AROUND. BUT PEOPLE ON SOCIAL
MEDIA SAY THINGS AND DO THINGS
THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULDN’T
SAY FACE TO FACE OR EVEN IN
THE FACE TO WHERE YOU YOU HAVE
AN INTERACTION WITH SOMEONE IS
A REACTION. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS
IS A COMBINATION OF WHAT WE
CALLED DISSOCIATIVE BEHAVIOR.
THEY DISASSOCIATE FROM REALITY
TO DISSOCIATE FROM A SENSE OF
HUMANITY AT THE SAME TIME THEY
GET REINFORCED FOR POSTING
THESE THINGS BECAUSE NO ONE
STOPPING THEM. ALL OF THESE
RED FLAGS HAVE TO BE. THESE
RED FLAGS CLEAR AND THEY HAVE
TO BE ATTENDED TO QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
>> SO DO THEY LOSE THEIR
FILTER AND FEEL A SENSE
ENTITLEMENT?
>> WELL, I FEEL ENTITLED THEY
FEEL NORSE ASSISTANT, THAT
THEY’RE THE CENTER OF THE
UNIVERSE BECAUSE PEOPLE THE
PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE
RESPONDING TO THEM. OBVIOUSLY
THIS COPYCATS. BUT OTHER
PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO THEM
AND ALMOST IT’S NOT ENCOURAGE
MEANT. AND BUT IT’S WHAT WE
CALL REINFORCEMENT BEHAVIORS
EITHER REINFORCE AND YOU DO
MORE OF IT OR IT’S
EXTINGUISHED AND YOU DO LESS
OF IT. SO WHAT’S HAPPENING
WITH THIS? IF THESE PEOPLE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA IS THAT IF THEY
GET REINFORCE, THEY GET TO BE
THE CENTER OF THE WORLD. THEY
GET TO FEEL IMPORTANT. AND,
YOU KNOW, RELATES BACK TO
THEIR WHOLE LIVES. THEIR
WHOLE, MANY OF WERE ABUSED,
NEGLECTED, ABANDONED, HAVE
REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDERS
AND WHERE THEY THE CENTER OF A
POSITIVE LIFE. SO THEY GAVE
THEY GAIN THAT KIND OF
REINFORCEMENT. AN ARTIFICIAL
VIRTUAL MATTER.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: I ALMOST GET
THE SENSE THAT THEY’RE
DISASSOCIATED FROM REALITY.
IT’S LIKE WHAT THEY DO ON
SOCIAL MEDIA IS A REAL-LIFE
VIDEO GAME TO THEM.
>> IT OFTEN FEELS LIKE A VIDEO
GAME FROM THE PEOPLE I’VE
SPOKEN TO EVALUATE IT. IT
DOESN’T FEEL REAL THAT THEY
DON’T SEE IT AS A REAL PEOPLE
GETTING HURT. THEY THEY THEY
MOVE AWAY FROM THE SENSE THAT
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WITH PEOPLE
WHERE WE INTERACT AND THEY
JUST. SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH
THE EYES. THAT’S NOT EVERYBODY
ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I DON’T
WANT PEOPLE TO LISTEN IN TO,
YOU KNOW, TO JUST THINK THAT
IT’S THAT IT’S PEOPLE WHO
START OFF WITH PERSONALITY
DISORDERS, HISTORIES NEGLECT,
ABANDONMENT, AND THE REAL
FACTOR IS, AS YOU SAID, SEE
ATION AND PERSONALITY ISSUES,
PERSONALITY DISORDERS. SO WHEN
THEY WEAPONIZE LIKE THIS, 18
YEAR-OLD IN TEXAS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: DID THEY
FORGET OR IGNORE THE VALUE OF
LIVES, THE LIVES OF OTHERS LET
ALONE THEIR OWN OR ARE THEY
SIMPLY NOT CARE?
>> I THINK THEY GET TO A POINT
WHERE IT’S THERE’S NO IT’S NOT
THAT THEY FORGET IT’S THAT
THEY THEY DON’T THEY DON’T
EXPERIENCE. THEY DON’T
EMPHASIZE UNDERSTAND THEY
DON’T INCORPORATE. AND THERE
ARE LOT OF IT’S BECAUSE THAT’S
WHAT THEIR WAY THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN TREATED. BUT A LOT OF IT
IS ALSO BECAUSE OF THE
DEVELOPMENT A PROBLEMATIC
PERSONALITY STRUCTURE THAT
WITH A CHANT EXPERIENCE, THE
EMPATHY THAT MOST OF US WOULD
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE WE’RE
INTERACTING DIRECTLY WITH
PEOPLE IN WATCHING THEM AND WE
GET CHOOSE FROM THEM. WE GET
PEOPLE IN REAL IT TRACKS AND
WE CAN’T DO THAT. THAT’S NOT
OK, DON’T DO THAT. STOP. AND
OFTEN THAT DOESN’T HAPPEN ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. SO LET ME MOVE
IN ANOTHER DIRECTION HERE
BECAUSE THERE ARE CLEARLY
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AT PLAY.
THEIR STUFF.
>> RIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTING,
SENATOR CHRIS MURPHY OF
CONNECTICUT TOOK THE FLOOR OF
THE SENATE. HE REPRESENTS THE
AREA WHERE THE SANDY HOOK
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS TOOK PLACE 10
YEARS AGO AND HE DIDN’T MINCE
WORDS. HE SAID SPARE ME THE BS
ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS. WE DON’T
HAVE ANY MORE MENTAL ILLNESS
THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE
WORLD. YOU CAN’T EXPLAIN
EVERYTHING THROUGH THE PRISM
OF MENTAL ILLNESS BECAUSE
WE’RE NOT AN OUTLIER ON MENTAL
ILLNESS OR AN OUTLIER WHEN IT
COMES TO ACCESS TO FIREARMS
AND THE ABILITY OF CRIMINALS
AND VERY SICK PEOPLE TO GET
THEIR ARMS ON FIREARMS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: THAT’S WHAT
MAKES AMERICA DIFFERENT.
YOU’RE A PSYCHOLOGIST TO DEAL
AND TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS
EVERYDAY. YOUR TAKE.
>> I I 100% WHAT YOU SAID. I’M
SO GLAD THAT HE SAID IT
BECAUSE IT’S SO IT’S SO
HYPOCRITICAL TO HEAR PEOPLE
WHO HAVE VOTED AGAINST MENTAL
HEALTH FUNDING TO SPOKEN
AGAINST MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING
AND CERTAINLY THE IMPACT OF
THE VINYL. THAT’S IT. IT’S NOT
JUST LIMITED TO THE NUMBER OF
DAYS. THESE THINGS STAY IN THE
MEDIA. IN ADDITION TO THE
TRAGIC LOSS, A PSYCHOLOGICAL
SCIENCE SUGGESTS THAT IS
HORRIFIC. THESE ARE LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER VICTIMS AND
BYSTANDERS. SO ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW SAYING THIS
IS A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE THAT
STILL YET TO MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUE BECAUSE IT’S A PUBLIC
HEALTH ISSUE. TOO MANY GUNS
TOO EASY TO GET GUNS. NO
RESPONSE. THERE’S ADVOCACY,
EASY ADVOCACY FOR GUN SAFETY,
INCLUDING BACKGROUND CHECKS,
PERSPECTIVE BY A SAFE GUN
STORAGE LAWS IMPLEMENTING
EXTREME RISK. PROTECTION
ORDERS. AND I WOULD CHALLENGE
EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING AND I
HAD STAGE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH
TO THINK PROVIDING MENTAL
HEALTH FUNDING FOR RESEARCH
FOR WHAT GOES ON IN THE MINDS
OF THESE MASS KILLERS. MURDER
IS FOR WHAT AND ALSO A FUND TO
TREAT THE TRAUMA THAT THE
VICTIMS, FRIENDS AND FAMILIES
ARE EXPERIENCING. GOVERNOR
ABBOTT JUST SAID WE NEED MORE
LOVE SHOW. WE NEED MORE LOVE
AND SHOW WE NEED YOUR PRAYERS.
ALSO NEED TREATMENT. SOMEONE
HAS TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE
AND BE FUNDED AND PROVIDE
TREATMENT ON A LONG-TERM BASIS
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LEFT THE
VICTIMS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS
AND THE HYPOCRISY OF SAYING
IT’S MENTAL HEALTH WHEN. THE
SO RIGHTLY SAYS IS THAT WHEN
UNITED STATES IS AN OUTLIER IS
NOT ON THE AMOUNT OF MENTAL
ILLNESS, BUT THE EASE WHICH IT
IS TO GET A GUN AND A NUMBER
OF GUNS. WE HAVE A JUST A
NORMAL SCORNING THAT I THINK
2030, YEARS MURDER WALKED INTO
AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM, SHOT IT UP AND
THE NEXT DAY THE PARLIAMENT
OUTLOOK GUNS OUT HANDGUNS FOR
PEOPLE THE NEXT DAY AND HASN’T
BEEN A MASS SHOOTING IN AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL OR OR GRANDMA SCHOOL IN
IN IN ENGLAND SINCE THAT. SO
IT.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: I’M SORRY
INTERRUPT, BUT I HAVE TO GO
HERE UP AGAINST THE CLOCK. BUT