@[email protected] to [email protected] • 2 days agoSuspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting taken into custody after being recognized at McDonald’swww.theguardian.commessage-square439fedilinkarrow-up1625cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 days agoBut if also a cornerstone. (For better and worse–it got and still gets used to excuse people who commit hate crimes, for example.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 days agoThe “good ol’ boy” excuse. “He’s got a promising life ahead of him!” “It’s just how things are done, that ain’t his fault!” “He just didn’t know any better!” “We’ve all done stupid things before, who are we to judge?” “He’s a pillar of the community, think of all the good he’s done!”
But if also a cornerstone. (For better and worse–it got and still gets used to excuse people who commit hate crimes, for example.)
The “good ol’ boy” excuse.
“He’s got a promising life ahead of him!”
“It’s just how things are done, that ain’t his fault!”
“He just didn’t know any better!”
“We’ve all done stupid things before, who are we to judge?”
“He’s a pillar of the community, think of all the good he’s done!”