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EffieBlack

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13. If he were a 17-year-old Muslim shouting down a white Christian

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 01:55 AM

Jan 2019

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he wouldn't be "just a kid." He'd be a "terrorist" and the only questions would have been about when and how he was radicalized.

If he were a 17-year-old Hispanic aggresively challenging a white politician, he wouldn't be "just a kid." He'd be an "illegal" who needs to be deported (even if he was born here).

And if he'd been a 17-year-old black male who got in any white person's face, he wouldn't be "just a kid." He'd be dead.

So, I'm not impressed that this privileged white guy was "just a kid." Yes, his parents and school shoulder some of the blame, but he's old enough to know better and to make his own choices and he chose to behave like a racist thug. That's on him.

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So effing torn right now [View all] Jake Stern Jan 2019 OP

But the adults deserve more blame sharedvalues Jan 2019 #1

This! dhol82 Jan 2019 #2

Then my questions are Jake Stern Jan 2019 #5

"Just a kid"? Same age as the Parkland students. fierywoman Jan 2019 #6

You just gave the real answer to this issue. Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #7

Just a kid? Most kids know to not menace others, and that jeering others for who they are isn't WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2019 #8

If he were a 17-year-old Muslim shouting down a white Christian EffieBlack Jan 2019 #13

Good point! Being privileged and white, he has the "freedom" to act badly and avoids any fallout. VOX Jan 2019 #30

Thank you JustAnotherGen Jan 2019 #31

Yes, but the youth nevertheless acts as a conduit for that hatred, thus perpetuating it. VOX Jan 2019 #28

Problem is, "he" was already doxxed...and they got the wrong person... regnaD kciN Jan 2019 #3

Having people's identities made public can be a good thing. BannonsLiver Jan 2019 #4

I'm not torn. roamer65 Jan 2019 #9

I dread to think of the reaction from my father Jake Stern Jan 2019 #12

He was perfectly comfortable stepping up Phoenix61 Jan 2019 #10

Yep Jake Stern Jan 2019 #11

Yes a thousand times padah513 Jan 2019 #27

After taking a break from the news and thinking about it Jake Stern Jan 2019 #14

Good idea. You wouldn't want to accidentally name someone who, on the day of the incident, pnwmom Jan 2019 #15

That's the worst part: the innocent who looks alike or has a similar name Jake Stern Jan 2019 #16

I hope it didn't ruin their day. If I had been the mom and heard all that was happening . . . . pnwmom Jan 2019 #17

I understand the anger and desire to take this kid down a few notches Jake Stern Jan 2019 #19

It's not doxxing when people are doing shit in public. Mariana Jan 2019 #18

The problem is that when someone else is caught up in it Jake Stern Jan 2019 #20

That risk has always existed, too. Mariana Jan 2019 #22

What do you call it when you attack the WRONG person? pnwmom Jan 2019 #21

It isn't doxxing, by definition, so it shouldn't be called that. nt. Mariana Jan 2019 #24

+1 treestar Jan 2019 #35

He's been doxxed on Facebook. More importantly, the high school contact info has been published GoneOffShore Jan 2019 #23

Not everyone in Covington is like them renate Jan 2019 #25

The real answer is that they are ignorant vlyons Jan 2019 #26

+1 2naSalit Jan 2019 #29

Perhaps EffieBlack Jan 2019 #32

I don't "excuse" the ignorant behavior of anyone vlyons Jan 2019 #33

He is old enough to drive and apply to college treestar Jan 2019 #34