re: American Nightmare — Netflix documentary

You have a lot of confirmation bias, which was one of the themes of this doc ironically.

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especially for someone who is a failure at life.

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I mean prior marine, Harvard law graduate. I don’t think his psychological behavior stemmed from being a failure at life. His desires were likely present throughout his whole life and doing well in life likely helped facilitate his desires. His creepiness predates his disbarment which, imo, provides some credence to my theory.

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I'm glad they caught him because this guy probably would have graduated to serial killing. Lots of them start off with small thrill seeking deviant behavior like Peeping Tom, shoplifting or starting fires before seeking out a bigger rush and reward on the psychopath ladder.

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I don’t think his thing was killing. Everything he had was a prop. His climax (sorry, no pun intended) was rape. I think he concocted the story of needing a video for collateral to Denise so he wouldn’t feel bad raping her. I think that’s backed by the scene with the other girl who he let go came up.