The Queen Street massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 8 December 1987 at Australia Post offices on 191 Queen Street in Melbourne, Victoria, when 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic, a former tennis pl
Surveillance camera photo of Frank Vitkovic during the shooting
Misanthropy is the general hatred, dislike, or distrust of the human species, human behavior, or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. Misanthropy i
Queen Street massacre
…Weapons M1 carbine (sawn-off) Deaths 9 (including the perpetrator) Injured 5 Perpetrator Frank Vitkovic Motive Suicidal ideation Homicidal ideation Misanthropy Anger over academic failure The Queen Street massacre was a mass shooting that occurred on 8 December 1987 at Australia Post offices on 191 Queen Street…
Engraving depicting the play Le Misanthrope by Molière
Misanthropy is often associated with the tendency to avoid social contacts, as portrayed in the painting The Misanthrope by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
Moral flaws of human beings are exemplified in harm done to humans by other humans, like the mass killings during the Holocaust.
Misanthropes often focus on the harm done by humans to animals on a large scale, as in factory farming.