Discord & Roblox: The pipeline to school shootings (w/ David Riedman)

🔗 Links Mentioned:
• Riedman Report (Substack) — https://riedmanreport.substack.com
• K-12 School Shooting Database — https://k12ssdb.org
• Difference Between Political Violence, Mass Shootings, and Terrorism — https://riedmanreport.substack.com/p/difference-between-political-violence
• Rise of Purposeless, Non-Ideological Gun Violence by Young American Men — https://riedmanreport.substack.com/p/rise-of-purposeless-non-ideological
• Riedman Report Ep 43: Forensic Psychologist Explains the Nashville School Shooter's Journals — https://riedmanreport.substack.com/p/ep-43-forensic-psychologist-explains• Riedman Report Ep 33: Let Kids Fight (Safely) with Guardian Founder Ben Kovacs — https://riedmanreport.substack.com/p/ep-33-let-kids-fight-safely-with

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👥 Featuring:
• Steve Kwan — @bjjmentalmodels (Host)
• Jesse Walker — @roughhandsbjj (Host)
• David Riedman — https://riedmanreport.substack.com (Guest)

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🧠 Topics Discussed:
• The Tumbler Ridge shooting and the pattern behind it
• How the True Crime Community radicalizes teens online
• Roblox as a grooming and recruitment platform
• The Discord pipeline from mainstream social media to extremism
• Trans shooters and what the data actually says
• Nihilism vs. ideological terrorism
• Why expelling a troubled kid can make things worse
• How BJJ gyms provide the belonging that prevents violence

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📖 Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
00:35 — Meet David Riedman
02:13 — Tumbler Ridge and the True Crime Community
08:02 — Understanding nihilistic violence
10:17 — Extremism, terrorism, and how to tell them apart
14:15 — Active clubs and decentralized radicalization
18:40 — Trans shooters: what the data says
22:23 — The Nashville manifesto breakdown
27:51 — Has social media changed anything?
31:45 — The Roblox grooming pipeline
38:40 — Can martial arts gyms use these same tactics for good?
41:53 — Everything that feels new is really old
49:58 — Warning signs for parents and gym owners
54:43 — Closing thoughts