Fox News ‘Expert’ Suggests Elliot Rodger Went On Shooting Spree Because He’s Gay

Oh good, we’re at the part of the Santa Barbara shootings news cycle where we’re just throwing sh*t at a wall, and seeing what sticks. It’s one thing if you’re just some Joe Sixbenghazi tweeting at no one online, but it’s another if you’re a so-called “expert” on Fox News, MERELY SUGGESTING that Elliot Rodger did what he did because of his “homosexual impulses.”

Reality television psychologist Dr. Robi Ludwig asserted to Fox News [on Justice with Judge Jeanine] that a mass shooting in California over the weekend may have been triggered because the suspect could not cope with his “homosexual impulses.”

“When I was first listening to him, I was like, ‘Oh, he’s angry with women for rejecting him,’” Ludwig recalled. “And then I started to have a different idea: Is this somebody who is trying to fight against his homosexual impulses?’ Was he angry with women because they were taking away men from him? But this is a kid who couldn’t connect, and felt enraged, and wanted to obliterate anyone that made him feel like a nothing.” (Via)

Or maybe he was just a hateful straight male? They do exist. See: most Fox News anchors.

Ludwig later declared that Roger’s could have been “angry at the men for not choosing him.”

“This was just a kid that was angry in general. He probably felt rejected, he couldn’t connect, he couldn’t feel loved, he couldn’t feel successful. Maybe he couldn’t even feel like a real man.” (Via)

“My professional opinion is that Elliot’s favorite show was Two and a Half Men, because he could so strongly relate to the Half Man. Oh yeah, and he’s probably Muslim” — Dr. Robi Ludwig. Also:

While Dr. Ludwig is a psychologist and not a psychiatrist, the American Psychiatric Association mandates members may not violate the Goldwater Rule:

On occasion psychiatrists are asked for an opinion about an individual who is in the light of public attention or who has disclosed information about himself/herself through public media. In such circumstances, a psychiatrist may share with the public his or her expertise about psychiatric issues in general. However, it is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement. (Via)

I expected better from you, Justice with Judge Jeanine!

Via Raw Story

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