Elliot Rodger

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_massacre

Of course, the usual suspects are spinning this as evidence that the MRM are full of violent misogynists.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/24/1301671/-Elliot-Roger-Gunman-in-California-Mass-Shooting-was-influenced-by-the-Men-s-Rights-Movement

Or to use it to shame all of men, and prove that they are the One Good Man.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/24/santa-barbara-shooting_n_5384839.html?utm_hp_ref=canada&ir=Canada

I've skimmed Roger's manifesto (it's long) and read in full the last few pages leading up to his rampage. And I've formed a few preliminary thoughts.

Men no longer bond. In the modern, western world, we have no rite of passage. No mentors. No real mentors. Councilors and mental health professionals, except for some rare exceptions, are all indoctrinated in the modern feminist view of men and masculinity. Specifically, that masculinity is the problem. Often, both mother and father, in the increasingly rarer situations where both parents are not divorced, both work and have little time to shepherd their sons into the world of manhood. Not to mention the hordes of single mothers who have no clue how to relate to their son's needs as they pass that threshold into manhood. Instead, young men rely on the media, which only wants to suck their wallets dry with the promise of success, wealth and women, with video games (and I am a fan of video games myself, but this criticism needs to be made) which offer the virtual rewards of accomplishment that many young men lack in today's society.
There are fewer men in teaching positions. There is a severe lack of men to give the younger generation of men a realistic perspective on relationships, and what it means to be a man. What little there is for young men, is tainted with feminist inspired imaginings of what men are like. Shame and humiliation for their gender. Who would want that?

My impression is that Elliot Rodger had a skewed perception on women and relationships, fueled by the media blasting him with images of rich, successful men, banging away at supermodels, and he projected that twisted perception onto the people around him. He envied the young men whom he saw as getting all the fine pussy, and resented the women whom he thought denied him that fine pussy. There was no one to bring his lottery (he mentions the lottery many times, money and success, unrealistic expectations of life) fueled fantasies back down to earth. No men to relate to, to communicate these ideas with. The men in his life, I imagine, were far too blue pill to even attempt to reach him in a meaningful way.

Men, we need to band together once again. We have done it before, we can do it when building a skyscraper, or planning a campaign, or journeying across an ocean to discover new lands. The challenge in today's world is to band together with the goal of  supporting each other.
I don't know if such an environment would have helped Elliot Rodger, but it might have. And I believe it's a topic worth thinking about.