Papa's Basement Radio Show

Dimitrios Pagourtzis, Greek School Shooter — Episode 566

John Papageorgiou May 23, 2018


Background
I don’t know how we’ll ever get to the bottom of why a kid with a name like “Dimitrios Pagourtzis,” who was forced to dance in garb that would be considered too effeminate for ballet, felt out of place in the heart of Texas.

A Greek school shooter. Finally, a subject I’m qualified to discuss. I’ll make this short and sweet: Being raised ethnically Greek outside of the two Greek neighborhoods still left in this country sucks. Your name is weird. Your food is weird (it’s not all baklava and yogurt, you ignoramuses). Your language is weird. Your church uses more incense than a Turkish brothel. Frankly, I’m shocked this is the first time one of my people flipped. To paraphrase Chris Rock, I’m not saying he should have killed them…but I understand.

Not only do I do the important psychological work of explaining, finally, what definitively drove a school shooter to commit his heinous act, but Tea Cup and I also clue you in on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why‘s second season, the most addictive show you probably still aren’t watching. It all wraps up in a nice leitmotif of high schooler death. And that’s why this show is, shall we say, an acquired taste.

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