Why Do We Get Columbine So Wrong?

Why are we so attached to the Columbine myths? Thank you Patron deathlings, who make this all possible. http://www.patreon.com/thegooddeath The Co-op Funeral Home of People’s Memorial https://funerals.coop/ Find our podcast on iTunes: https://apple.co/2yK6c6G Find our podcast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2QZEVEM Find our podcast on Google Play: https://bit.ly/2AdEvoj My two books!: http://www.caitlindoughty.com My upcoming book: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Coming 9/10/19 Order and other info: https://bit.ly/2YOD6z9 ***WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME*** Website: http://www.orderofthegooddeath.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thegooddeath Facebook: http://ow.ly/Zz8PW Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thegooddeath ***CREDITS*** Mortician: Caitlin Doughty Producer: Louise Hung (@LouiseHung1) Editor & Graphics: Landis Blair (@landisblair) ***SELECTED ADDITIONAL READING/SOURCES*** "A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy" Klebold, Sue. Broadway Books, 2016. Reprint edition 2017. "Columbine" Cullen, Dave. Twelve Hachette Book Group, 2009. "COLUMBINE MIRACLE: A MATTER OF BELIEF" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-10/14/026r-101499-idx.html "After Columbine, martyrdom became a powerful fantasy for Christian teenagers" https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/4/20/15369442/columbine-anniversary-cassie-bernall-rachel-scott-martyrdom "The Search for Truth at Columbine" Peter Langman, PhD https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/search_for_truth_at_columbine_2.2.pdf "Mass Shooters Have Exploited The Internet For Years. New Zealand Took It To A New Level." https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-zealand-shooting-columbine-breivik-rodgers-roof-bowers_n_5c8c4b79e4b0d7f6b0f38e58 "Mass Shootings Are Contagious" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass-shootings-are-contagious/ "Let’s Stop Naming Mass Shooters In Our Reporting" https://www.buzzfeed.com/davecullen/stop-naming-mass-shooters-in-reporting?utm_term=.mmZqpoDBN#.peGW5Av3b "7 myths about the Columbine Shooting" https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/7-myths-about-the-columbine-shooting/