There have been several attempts to normalize their actions. That doesn't mean people are saying it's OK or acceptable, but they're minimizing the severity and actual context of what transpired. You quoted someone, in agreement, essentially saying "yeah, they're just people who didn't know what they were doing dressing up as somebody they knew without the actual context". Arguing that they're "detached from that event". This is a dangerous narrative to push because it's simply not true. They emulated the event. They had prior knowledge and reenacted violence and suicide from the shooters (with actual photographs from the shooting).
Multiple people in this thread are blatantly ignoring or unaware of the disturbing context of what actually happened.
This is very serious and abnormal because of the knowledge they seemed to posses and what they decided to do with it. They weren't just dressing up as a famous person. There has even been the argument presented that "this is just the way high school students are, because of HS shootings; they treat it as a joke". Again, this is not true and a form of normalization. And from the context, it looks highly improbable that this was just done as a simple joke.
However I agree with you that we shouldn't jump to conclusions about their mental state or future actions.
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