Quote:
Originally Posted by cannon7
I'm not creating a false equivalency. Some here seem to see the world as, for lack of a better phrasing, black and white. I'm pointing out the shades of grey, at least as I see them. This is a complicated situation. A sad situation for everyone involved. I don't claim to know how I truly feel about it.
I'm not trying to trigger people. But if you're triggered by anything less than "#### this kid", then that's a problem that I don't think I can help you solve. I'm not going there with you.
|
Of course the world isn't mono or bichromatic. But you are creating a false equivalency by trying to position what the victim's mother and father did to the soccer coach of an example of similarly poor public behavior, and trying to liken them to the abuser of their son because of that incident.
The bullying situation is also not as complicated as you're making it seem.
The facts we know are that Mitch Miller bullied a disabled kid consistently for over 8 years, continued after criminal punishment for having done so, and never apologized for any element of that. A single incident of assault between the parents of the victim (conditioned by years of bullying against their son) and a soccer coach is not at all similar. The reactions and dispositions of the players involved are not similar. Bringing it up consistently and saying it is complicated Is absolutely trying to undermine the credibility of the victim and his parents by creating false equivalency between the situations.
I'm not saying "f this kid". I never have. In fact I argued at the beginning that rage should be focused on Mitch Millers parents, as it is abundantly clear that they helped to create and maintain this situation. This situation is of the Miller's family creation. Saying that they got themselves into this is not equivalent to saying "f em". I am triggered that you keep insisting you're not doing anything when you're consistently dredging up an unrelated incident to try and diminish their voices. That's ####ty behavior.