• zalgotext
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    5 hours ago

    I don’t understand how this comment has been upvoted, especially as a response to another comment that boils down to “it sucks that people are driven to burglary and it sucks that people have to defend themselves with deadly force from burglary”

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      4 hours ago

      Because when you’re a child alone in a house the motivation of an intruder just doesn’t matter and you shouldn’t make a kid feel bad for doing what was necessary in a life or death scenario.

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        3 hours ago

        No one in this thread is saying the kid should feel bad for defending himself, the original comment was pointing out how terrible it was for the kid to be in that position at all.

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      4 hours ago

      Because it’s an interesting point on its own. Upvotes aren’t necessarily agreement.

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        3 hours ago

        Saying “this kid has every right to be proud” about resorting to lethal violence is an “interesting point”?