well if you acted and seem like a racist when you are 11-12 years old I think it's mostly because no one educated you properly, because after all in Korean elementary schools it's like 99% if not 99.9% full of Korean only kids.
when you act like racist when you are 25 years old, well then it's all on you, and you are a racist
on the other hand when you hit another kid or regularly curse on him when you are 11-12 then you are a bully because I believe everyone learns what you shouldn't do to other people when you are in first classes in elementary school.
If you have your own brain you can observe how others act and even when your parents on teachers wouldn't tell you this then you will learn through friends how to talk properly to other kids, and how to treat them. Only those twisted would say it's different.
if they commit premeditated murder or something then yeah, you gotta try em as an adult
Nah We’re talking about stuff in the same category like sexual remarks, bullying, physical violence associated with school etc
Like i said, so many folks are hypocrites on this site.
I have kept the stance that so long you did nothing criminal where you should have been sent to juvy, nothing you did in your younger years should matter.
No man can survive a critical view into his youth and if he can, he was just really good at hiding it.
I think there are degrees. Sexually harassing someone isn't the same as stealing their milk at lunch. Hitting someone physically is different from name-calling. Being racist as a thirteen-year-old is different than being racist as an eighteen-year-old. Are all these bad? Yes. But nuance is a thing. So false equivalencies don't really help anyone.
Yes, I think kids can be young and stupid, and sometimes cruel. But again, degrees. I learned when I was four not to hit people or touch them when they told you not to. Abstract concepts like racism can be harder for kids to grasp, especially depending on culture. Should people be offended about it? Absolutely. But again, degrees of behaviour are a thing, and degrees of consequence can be too. I think there's a difference between "young and stupid", and "young and harmful in ways that for an adult would be criminal", and that especially if you're willing to own the mistakes you made when you WERE young and stupid and apologize in a genuine way, there should be different consequences for the two. (But yes, if you're doing any of this stuff when you're a grown ass adult, you deserve the callouts and consequences you get 100%.)
Bullying destroys lives. At my old school several people killed themselves after being bullied. Kids are kids but not stupid and beating up someone and giving someone a longtime ptsd is something people should be held accountable for. Ignoring these problems gives the victims the message that yes bullying is bad but they were only kids and stupid.
except racism? lol that's where u draw the line but not actual crimes like sexual harrassment or assault
except racism? lol that's where u draw the line but not actual crimes like sexual harrassment or assault
The conversation was in light of the current bullying accusations. Not crimes that could land you in juvie
Bullying destroys lives. At my old school several people killed themselves after being bullied. Kids are kids but not stupid and beating up someone and giving someone a longtime ptsd is something people should be held accountable for. Ignoring these problems gives the victims the message that yes bullying is bad but they were only kids and stupid.
This.
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