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Oh no, white kid from the suburbs too? Time to get outraged.

• im3w1l 13y ago
  I think the statement implicit in your post definitely sounds plausible, but is it true? Can you point to an individual from another group being given similar treatment for similar action, where people did not become outraged?
  • Steko 13y ago
    Are you asking me if there are other people who: (1) make random threats against the POTUS or the WH or other public figures or places (2) aren't actually a clear and present danger to carry out those threats (3) that still get the full monty by secret service/fbi/local cops/prosecutors (4) don't get to the top of HN Yes, there are probably a lot of people like that. And everyone says the same thing about most of those people, "Christ, what an idiot". Now I don't want to trivialize that this kid is clearly innocent and the victim of some injustice. I certainly don't think he "deserves it". But there's lots bigger injustice in the world to get outraged about and I think threads like this make decent platforms for calling the HN community out over it's blinders.