What? That doesn't make sense, and I have no pity for you. I empathize and sympathize. YOU are the one with the chip on your shoulder.

Fair enough. But my original point still stands. Focusing on his misogyny almost to the exclusion of his mental disorders is an inadequate treatment of the issue. And approaching it from the angle of his hatred first instead of his illness first is also inadequate.

I would take the word of a board of specialists over a lifelong sufferer of anything.

Or a lot of idiots want to jump on the bandwagon and piss other little red dots off so they can get some attention.

And I won't argue that. All I said is, it doesn't matter who he hated. All other things in his development and life being equal, he was likely going to kill someone regardless.

I advocated nothing except for people to stop focusing on the 'woman-hating' and start focusing on the fact that this person was ill. Nice try.

Well, he had Asperger's at the very least, and was seeing multiple therapists so there4 were likely other undisclosed issues. Also, despite the fact that some people on this thread would like to dismiss the classification of Asperger's as a mental disorder, the APA says otherwise. And they are more qualified to…

I never said all mentally ill people hurt others. I said Rodgers was mentally ill, and that is what we should be focusing on.

But that is one of my points: All men who commit violence against women ARE, in fact, outliers. When compared to the total male population- setting aside prevailing cultural mores- the number of men who do things like this are the fringe.

Yes, you dissected my arguments.

Yes, I do. You, however, appear not to. I'm sorry you are afflicted with Asperger's, but I didn't classify it as a mental disorder. The American Psychiatric Association did.

Fair point (re: the media).

ad hominem, from the Latin, "to attack the man".

Again, Asperger's is not Autism. It is classified differently. I'm sorry that is the case for those afflicted with Asperger's, but the APA says it is a mental disorder.

And yet, the APA classifies it as a Mental Disorder. Developmental or not.

"horrifyingly large population of men out there who think this way"

I never made any excuse for his actions. I just said we are focusing on the wrong part of his problem.

"You're deeply ridiculous."

Autism is a development disorder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism

I NEVER said he was schizophrenic. I said there are schizos who can convince themselves of anything. It was a useful example, and I did not say it applied to him.