Stop. Please. The kid is a monster. Don't make him a victim.
Perhaps he was "an outcast" BECAUSE HE WAS A TOTAL FUCKING LUNATIC!
Could be. How come this phenomenon is relatively new. Certainly there were lunatics, outcasts and bullies when I went to school, but nothing like this. Of course starting in first grade there were numerous playground fights and bloody noses that socialized the little animals.
Once we decided to tell all the kids even the lunatics how wonderful and special they were, feeding egos with undeserved self-esteem and protecting bullies from victims who would rather fight back, it was pretty much all over.