The unemployed high school drop out thug punk of a racist scumbag

[cui bono]

133. Forgiveness isn't about the people you are forgiving, it's about the person doing

the forgiving. It's letting go of the negativity you hold inside you so you can move on. It doesn't mean you excuse what they've done.

Just as we can't let him off the hood as 'mentally ill' we can't just say he was an asshole racist without understanding how a human being who is born innocent learns to become such an ugly soul full of hatred. He is a product of his society, so while what he did was truly horrendous, other people made him learn to be that way. So if it helps the survivors deal with what happened by forgiving him and understanding that he became that way for a reason they should forgive him. And all of us should work to eradicate the circumstances that caused him to become that way.

I'm not religious by any means and I feel horrible about what happened and am not trying to diminish it in any way. In fact, I think that looking beyond this individual person and examining all the reasons he grew up to be how he was is more beneficial and constructive than holding onto the anger against just him.

I hope this isn't coming across the wrong way... it's difficult to speak about these things when emotions are running high.