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More worrying than the possibility of the shooter having an ideological disagreement with Kirk is the possibility that we’ve raised a subset of Gen Z kids who are so shallow and confused that they think random video game memes constitute reality. I’d much rather the kid have digested Marx and Hegel than that he thought he was cosplaying some FPS and maybe he’d get social media VREF from it. |
Uh, if you knew your child was a murderer you wouldn't turn them in? I would be heartbroken but I would turn my kid in, or rather, as I think this parent did, help my child turn themselves in... A) I wouldn't want them to commit any more murders -- look at Joran Van der Sloot's parents—all they did was enable him to commit more hateful acts and have a more depraved life. They didn't save him from anything! B) Turn him in, get him a lawyer and support him, no matter the outcome. He'll get due process and be treated fairly (though in Trump's justice system who knows, but if he has a good enough lawyer, presumably you still can) and he'll have a chance to take responsiblity, seek forgiveness or be rehabilitated. C) a murderer is a murderer, whether they are your child or not. Love them unconditionally, but do not allow them to sin. |
| So do the bread crumbs lead to Fuentes and his groyper army views? |
And do you think he killed CK because he wanted to make a statement about video game references? Or is it possible that he curated the references along a theme? Just spit-balling here but I think there might be a theme. And it's decidedly not a MAGA theme. |
Yay video games! Let’s make real life like a video game! |
The problem right here is that so many of us don't understand this world that these young men are living in online. I can't say you're ignorance is astounding because I don't blame you for not knowing. But I do blame you for is actively not trying to learn and listen. Digging in is so so bad |
Me either, but, according to pps, that makes us bad parents. |
Most people would have. Think hard about why exactly you wouldn’t have. |
They might if they're struggling with mental issues so burdensome that they fail out of their first attempt in one semester. |
No. Not weird. Your kid is off the rails and dangerous. Loose cannon. Easily impressionable by losers. |
NP. It would depend on the circumstances. If I was seriously concerned they would harm more people in the future, then yes. If not, I would not turn my child in. |
I can imagine doing it but it would hardly be a no-brainer. It would be the hardest thing I ever had to do. |
This too Gamer kids need to stop |
Sad to say it, but Chinese communists and authoritarians in Russia maybe have gotten it right - the internet needs vastly more guardrails and maybe the govt needs to seriously think about blocking access to social media. Social media is a cancer that is destroying society. It is being wepaonized by our foreign adversaries agaiant us. Vastly more control over social media isn’t incompatible with democracy. Countries like Britain to Australia ate making it much harder to access social media now, especially for minors. |