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Radical Empathy

#11 - I Was Almost a School Shooter

Radical Empathy

Jubilee Media

Society & Culture

4.9716 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Mass shootings are all too common in our modern reality. What is going on inside the mind of someone willing to cause so much harm and destruction? John talks to Aaron Stark, a man who nearly became a mass shooter when he was a teen after enduring a tremendously difficult upbringing in the 90s.

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Quick heads up to our listeners.

0:32.1

This episode contains descriptions of domestic violence, suicidal ideation, as well as self-harm.

0:38.9

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0:44.1

Suicide Hotline at 988. Thanks for listening.

0:50.4

So shines a good deed in a weary world.

0:55.1

His friend group, they were definitely the type, and they did make threats to shoot up our school.

1:08.7

He seemed like a really nice kid, pretty nice kid, honestly.

1:12.6

And he was friendly enough smile wave, you know.

1:16.6

A kid that was always alone, he was always bullied, every day.

1:21.6

No matter what monster you're thinking of, nobody ever started in the picture black.

1:28.9

No baby was ever born killing people.

1:31.9

That just doesn't happen.

1:33.5

There was a journey.

1:38.2

I'm John, and this is radical empathy.

1:45.0

Just a week ago we witnessed yet another horrifying chapter of American history that involved a young man, a gun, and an unbelievably reckless decision to try and take another person's life.

2:05.0

When shootings like this occur, you often hear the word evil.

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