Colorado Shooter Has Weird Online Fan Club: Sick or Just Immature?

by AdriHead Posted 2012/08/02 19:10:47

Related Topics: Movie, Student, Weird, Online, Photos, Photo, Fan, Killed, Gun, Image, Colorado, Shirt, Surface, Movie Theater, Meme, Memes, Aurora

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Online fans and memes are bound to surface on just about anything -- but this may be taking it too far. These online fans call themselves "Holmies" -- because the man they're honoring is James Holmes, the alleged gunman who shot and killed 12 people in an Aurora movie theater just a few short weeks ago.

By dressing in plaid and flannel and posing with Slurpees, these "holmies" are giving an ode to Holmes, as the 24-year-old former student was evidently dressed in plaid and flannel underneath his gun armor during the shooting and once said that his dream is to own a Slurpee machine one day. Do you think the spring-up of these online "fans" is sick and twisted -- or is it just an immature act by adolescents who don't know any better?

NYDAILYNEWS.COM reports:
Ironic, satirical or just plain depraved? Accused Aurora killer James Holmes has inspired an online legion of 'fans' who upload original artworks and photos of themselves sporting Holmes-inspired plaid shirts flannel and sipping Slurpees.

upload artworks photos sporting holmes-inspired plaid shirts flannel sipping slurpees

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Reed 2012/08/02 19:13:13

Sick

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What is wrong with some people?!!!!
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Johnathan Cage 2012/09/11 22:53:22

Sick

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They are pathetic lost girls .. They want the bad boy and serial murderer is about as bad as you can get .....sick and twisted

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MrSexyPants 2012/08/20 05:59:35

Just Immature

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i wish there was a BOTH option. because obviously these kids are sick in the head, but they're also obviously wayyyyyyy too immature to know wtf they're even doing. i betcha the majority of them are just following along cuz it is/was SUPPOSEDLY a fad (i never saw any of these "holmies"). but yeah, not saying they're innocent dumb kids, but yes, they're dumb kids. dumb, sick minded kids...

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ChrisColferLover 2012/08/17 02:08:09

Sick

Sick.

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runaway 2012/08/09 22:26:26

Sick

sick

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lunatic 2012/08/08 03:09:57

Just Immature

just trolls. omg the internet trolls....

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layla 2012/08/07 23:30:57

Just Immature

Holmes is just another typical white boy that couldnt handle the pressures of life like most of these weak ppl are...All white ppl are weak and dont know how to struggle or go thru hard times..Times get a little dificult and they either go on a shooting rampage or kill their families the themselves..Pathetic

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lunatic to layla 2012/08/08 03:11:51

all white ppl? let just say all people its not likes its in the DNA that says white ppl are weak

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Ron Hanforth 2012/08/07 20:34:24

Sick

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just a sign of the times.

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Samanth... to Ron Han... 2012/08/08 00:54:14

True. Very true.

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Obama Your MommA 2012/08/07 18:46:32 (edited)

Just Immature

It hawt.. Those serial killer groupies are grade A poooooooooooooonani

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t.eliot, topbard 2012/08/07 17:49:30

Sick

...but not surprising.

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lisaokapi 2012/08/07 15:05:11

Sick

Actually both sick and immature. These same folks date serial killers in prison.

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dallas 2012/08/07 03:33:11 (edited)
USAF Vet to dallas 2012/08/07 07:29:44 (edited)

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Thank you Louis Farrakhan for politicizing this post.

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dallas to USAF Vet 2012/08/07 07:55:50
dallas to USAF Vet 2012/08/07 08:03:31
ZenerSix 2012/08/07 02:49:51 (edited)

Sick

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Any normal adolescent would tell you it's wrong. It's not a matter of maturity, it's a matter of conscience. These people have none.

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Edensasp 2012/08/07 02:02:27

Sick

Just as any other cult in existence that "idolizes" the works of any person or group of people, living or dead, good or bad.

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Jalysa Ellis 2012/08/07 01:45:40

Sick

+1

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Jkirk3279 2012/08/07 01:41:58

Sick

+1
Anybody that says they admire a murderer of innocents is sick.

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aaroneb63 2012/08/06 23:25:01

Sick

As sick and evil as today's society is, I wouldn't put it past these "holmies" to do something as similar to what [he] done. That is why we need to keep our right to "Bear Arms". For the protection of yourself and those around you.

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T 2012/08/06 23:06:53

Just Immature

Once they get into the real world, they will either learn the gravity of the situation, or they will become sociopaths. One of these things will be more successful member of society than the other. Darwin wins again.

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Nutty M... to T 2012/10/03 17:16:59

Sociopaths tend to be very successful, sadly. I believe most people in power are indeed sociopaths.

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Top Shelf® (oyo) 2012/08/06 22:22:35

Just Immature

there is probably no serial killer
without legions of fans.this is nothing new.

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Donald Eric Kesler 2012/08/06 21:48:52

Just Immature

I seriously doubt that these alleged online legion of 'fans' numbers more than a handful of angst ridden teens.

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jgh57 2012/08/06 20:20:39

Sick

None of them have ever seen someone who is shot. They have never seen what a bullet does to human flesh. They have never had to try and comfort a family member who has just lost someone. They have never had a close relative murdered by a crazed gunman.

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aaroneb63 to jgh57 2012/08/06 23:28:44

Do you live under a rock?? With all the access to all types of media, I am positive that they have seen what bullets do to a body.

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jgh57 to aaroneb63 2012/08/07 00:59:29

Trust me. There is a hell of a lot of difference between seeing it on TV and in person where you have the smells and screams.

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endthefed.soundmoney 2012/08/06 19:36:49

Sick

maybe someone should get them help, before it is to late.

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keliffa 2012/08/06 19:09:35

Sick

And I bet none of them have ever had sex.

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moiraregis 2012/08/06 18:47:45

Sick

and immature; if they had any empathy for other people or experience with death or perception of cruelty, they couldn't be fans of this lunatic.

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Scott 2012/08/06 17:46:02

Sick

We need to find some big bad ass dude named Darwin. Darwin hates dumb asses like these and takes them out.

Trouble is, there are too many regulations protecting these little turds, making Darwin's job more difficult.

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Erin Ward Valdez 2012/08/06 17:04:52

Sick

*face palm* I don't want to live on this planet anymore. My faith in humanity, is depleting at a startling rate...

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Ramón 2012/08/06 16:40:47

Sick

I would have voted both... they just don't realize their sick immature behavior is both sick and immature. The brain doesn't finish maturing till 25, or more years of age. Think about how many things you've done (if you are in your 40s or so) that you would never do now because it was stupid, immature or foolish.

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ERide54 2012/08/06 16:20:08

Sick

Alot of sick folks in this world today.

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InoYamanaka 2012/08/06 16:02:44

Sick

Have lives slowly lost their meaning to others?
I'm really am depressed about those that died in the Theater. But what I'm more depressed about, is those family members that are hearing about it over and over again-then they hear that some group of teenagers think that its for some reason 'cool'?

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wgossett99 2012/08/06 13:23:56

Sick

I don't care how mature a person is, glorifying such deadly violence is seriously sick.

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brian.southworth.921 2012/08/06 13:22:27

Sick

Put a red flag by their names and make sure none of them try to repeat the process.

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overlord rai 2012/08/06 09:16:27

Sick

just plain sick.

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