…that the Virginia Tech shooter, like so many other Deranged Loner Males, was a lifelong victim of bullying who might have been helped by some serious medical attention, and by efforts in the schools to encourage self-respect.

Fleetwood also notes that Washington’s state legislature passed a law to encourage anti-bullying programs in schools, but that it was opposed by Republican legislators. Well, why not? After all, the school bullies of today are the right-wing politicians, executives, and commentators of tomorrow.