Cho Seung-Hui: A Bad Rap for Introverts?
I’m not even fully set up, but I had to comment about Cho Seung-Hui.
My best friend lives in Roanoke, which is just up the street from Blacksburg. I’ve traveled by the campus myself numerous times when visiting her. Blacksburg is a college town, quiet and utterly unassuming. The multiple murders took the campus, town, state and country by surprise. The incident is devastating to America. My heart and sympathies go out to each and every person affected by this tragedy.
The one thing that strikes me odd about Cho Seung-Hui is that he has been frequently referred to by the media as “a loner”, “kept to himself”, “not very social”, “difficult to understand” and the list goes on. I have no sympathy for Cho Seung-Hui himself, however I do hold issue with the labels applied to introverts via Cho Seung-Hui and the Virginia Tech Massacre.
Introversion is seen as something that is “out of the norm” and quite truthfully “weird”. These stereotypes continue to affect introverts each and every day. Just because an individual is an introvert, it does not mean that he/she is plotting the next big mass murder, especially because introverts do not corner the market in this “chosen” path. However with the stereotypes given to these diabolical individuals, it’s no wonder that the world of extroverts around us equate us as such. Don’t get me wrong, there are many introverts who are so drawn inward that they find it hard to cope with day to day problems and issues. But even the biggest extrovert experiences these matters on occasion.
So what’s the solution?
Signed,
No Cho Sympathizer Here
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