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vlyons

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33. I don't "excuse" the ignorant behavior of anyone

Reply to EffieBlack (Reply #32)

Sun Jan 20, 2019, 11:25 AM

Jan 2019

But as a Buddhist, I recognize that ignorance is at the root of all our problems. Everyone has the ability to be high-minded and nurture ethical morality, how we treat one another. Everyone can choose to work on eradicating their anger, hatred, false pride, and ego-cherishing. Everyone can aspire to have compassion and tolerance and patience. But do they?

The hardest thing to do is to have compassion for people we don't like. Compassion is not the same as getting a free pass for bad behavior. Justice is a virtue. Eventually the consequences of bad behavior bear fruit in bad outcomes.

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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