Article re NY shooting

I found it interesting, in this article from ABC news online, on the shooting in New York, how the two main people are portrayed, and the words that are used to describe them.

NY Gunman Quiet Loner, Victim Outgoing Family Man

A gunman who killed a former co-worker in cold blood in the shadow of the Empire State Building and then was shot dead by police after he turned his gun on them spent long hours in the quiet of Central Park, photographing hawks and marveling over nature's beauty.
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His victim was a gregarious salesman, beloved by his nieces and nephews as the fun uncle who could talk with equal expertise about the New York Jets and the women's fashion accessories he sold.
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"I always felt bad," said Gisela Casella, who lived a few floors above Johnson in a modest apartment building on the Upper East Side. "I said, 'Doesn't he have a girlfriend?' I never saw him with anybody."

Ercolino, 41, was described by his relatives as the opposite of a quiet loner.

His eldest brother, Paul Ercolino, said he was a gregarious salesman who often traveled, had a loving girlfriend and was the life of any family gathering.


Nothing profound to say about this, I just thought it was another example of how introverts/loners are often portrayed as odd, or sad versus the outgoing beloved extrovert.






http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ny-gunman-quiet-loner-victim-outgoing-family-man-17078227#.UDj9saPEHDc