He got harassed and bullied by the jocks though I don’t think all that severely. Though according to him, he may personally recall it as harsh treatment since he was the one experiencing it. My feeling is that Brooks was that talker, the intellectual, arrogant, smart ass that could use his wits to hold his own so he wasn’t victimized as much as the relentless treatment others received. I would highly suggest reading his book ‘No Easy Answers’ as he goes into detail about the bullying that went on at Columbine.

He had it sewn on to the back of another ball cap. See here.

Probably? I think that sort of thing happens at just about any high school though it would certainly be more of an anomaly at an upper class school like CHS situated in a Christian hot bed.

These days, there can only ever be ‘just another Columbine shooting’.

KMFDM and Rammstein did which is more relevant as these were musical groups the boys actually loved.

He was a private, shy kind of guy so he may have gotten a bit annoyed and/or embarrassed if someone pressed him about something he considered personal. He could be evasive and reticent when he didn’t want to answer something. He kept it a secret that he got arrested and was undergoing the diversion program. If friends asked, he’d get all red and say “I don’t want to talk about it.” His close friend, Nate found out about it 2nd or 3rd hand. Also, one time he didn’t show up for participation in theater class because he had to attend a diversion session. When he returned to class the next time, the teacher ‘Mrs C" (for Caruthers) asked him about it and he was evasive about it probably out of being mortified having to explain it. I seem to recall the teacher found out that he’d gotten into some trouble from Zack. So basically if you wanted to know something he did not want to talk about, well, good luck with that because it’s none of your damn business. 😏

I think it was mostly the original, official TCM members from ‘97-98 that did the sword play stuff. Keep in mind that Dylan and Eric were never considered part of the TCM. They were just sort of tagalong posers to the group you could say. I mean, I suppose it’s possible they were over a TCM friends house and may have had a battle or two. I tend to see Dylan being more open to this silly frivolity than Eric. But who knows, that’s just a speculation. The boys generally preferred video games or playing combat paint ball guns out in fields with Chris Morris and the like rather than sword dueling.

I don’t really think they thought about it. They recognized that they had problems and others appeared to not be cursed as badly as themselves and that was the extent of it. They were coming from their own mono-focused, vantage point which is a phase that is typical of what many teenagers tend to do. But on top of the normal range stuff, they were suffering with negative emotions that were building up and not being expressed and dealt with in healthy, positive way. Their own inner worlds became narcissistically distorted and over time, they became increasingly more apathetic about anything or anyone else. In the last days, it was their desperate self/destructive desires/needs at the expense of everyone else.

Where was I from or where am I from? 😏

Thank you, my Semper Fi – and I hope you do as well! 💓 Love your new blog name too, btw. ☺️

The significant disinformation that Dave Cullen propagates with his book ‘Columbine’: denying that bullying was a contributing factor, and not a reason at all, as to why the boys attacked their school.