I think it's a popular fallacy
Many serial killers had wives and children
Loners are not the same as lonely people or those who choose to keep themselves to themselves..
Loners seem to almost have an aura about them that instinctively makes one feel ' keep away'.
They seem what can best be described as, 'slightly off centre', although most of us could not identify what the problem is until it is too late and becomes obvious.
Those who prefer to be alone rather than left alone are of a very different ilk. Even when shooing someone off their innate humanity comes through.
They "look" like social misfits so they are branded by small fears of the public as more likely to be dangerous people.
I'm basically a loner all my life. For good reason. Too many of the people I know are not fit to keep company with. So my friends are few and they are widespread, hence the "loner" tag put on my back. But; I'm not unfriendly. I like my own company and I like to be left alone for the most part but too many times the company I'm with don't know how to eat properly so I find a solo area to have lunch at work. I'm called anti social by them. But really? They eat like pigs and talk with their mouth full food and that isn't just vulgar; it's downright rude. I don't like it so I avoid it. Rather than cause trouble by stating the truth I let them put their social brands on me.
I go to the cafe' and have a good cup of coffee there are only a few men or women I will sit with. The rest only involve themselves in "gossip", trivial matters of reality shows, and shallow conversations. I don't want that in trying to enjoy some good coffee. I want something with more structure in my conversations.
I play some games with groups but too often it goes past the point of friendly competition and comes to "win, win, win, cheat if you can to win" confrontations and I don't like that and I usually end up taking myself out of the game. But ... I've played games with people who are there for the game and company win or lose. Those games I play to the end more often than others, they are enjoyable but few and far between.
I have sleeping problems and end up awake at nights and asleep in the day, I go out at night for walks or actually work on some quiet projects at night. I'm branded a strange and a loner by neighbours and acquaintances alike over the decades. Some call me strange, others could take that as "Dangerous", but I'm not. I just have a different lifestyle than the majority and I have stopped taking derision or apologizing for what I am.
Too often people of my stripe are called dangerous and the brand is misplaced.
There is no real evidence of this and loners are not really predisposed to violence. If we are then I along with a great number people in my position are the exception to the rule.
It isn't that lonely people are predisposed toward being violent, but rather that violent people are predisposed toward being loners. So if you see someone who is very sociable, that person is less likely to violent.
It's a pure fallacy. There are more 'loners' out there than you could possibly imagine.
They generally are unable to form workable social relationships, and that's a red flag for the kind of behavior that devalues human life and leads to killing.
They Lurk,.,.,.and they Loom.
The skulk,and sidle.
Gang Members are all kitty cats Eh ?
Is there any evidence of this? Why is it that murder suspects seem to often be described like this almost as if they are predisposed to violence?
