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Seems like you’re awfully annoyed by this conversation so I’ll let it go, but I hope you remember this convo the next time this happens to someone.

Right now, Daniel Penny is being celebrated by half the country for killing Neely, and the other half wishes something like this would happen to him.



I keep getting this response and I do not understand it. Why would I change my opinion just because other people might disagree?

It’s especially bizarre here because I haven’t even expressed an opinion about the killing. All I said is that love of killers is nothing new, and if you want it to stop then you need to change the circumstances that make people like killing, rather than just telling them that they’re bad.


There is a belief that Daniel Penny acted in the direct defense of those in the area. That is quite different than killing a CEO who is probably going to be replaced by the same type of person.




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