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Replying to @arthur_affect
"Yes, he is a monster – now. But the worse he is, the worst must be the cause that drove him to this. Isn’t it significant that a society was not able to fill the life of an exceptional, intelligent boy, to give him anything to out-balance crime in his eyes?"
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Replying to @ChristieSmythe
Yeah and for a normal person the answer to that question is no not really
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I don't think we should ever completely slam the door on people. Understanding is important, even when they do something terrible. Flippant remarks might feel satisfying, but they are ultimately unhelpful.
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Replying to @ChristieSmythe
That's not what she said, she literally just takes it for granted that because she's decided he's the "bright, exceptional" kind of person, then any of his moral failures are failures of society, and the greater said failure, the greater society's failure Which is fucking insane
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ChristieSmythe
Like, specifically because he's "intelligent" and "exceptional", this means it can't possibly be his own moral failing that he kidnapped and murdered a girl It's society's fault for not giving him sufficient scope to express his genius and keep him from getting bored
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ChristieSmythe
This is a diseased point of view, especially because the definition of "intelligent" and "exceptional" is so nebulous -- it's something people just decide to label someone as because they like the guy But of course, you probably know that, or will soon
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Replying to @arthur_affect @ChristieSmythe
Note that this sort of thing isn't said about people with like, kleptomania or people of colour in general. There's a disturbing trend to try and excuse murderers and serial killers, when they're reasonably articulate passably attractive white men.
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Replying to @Zendervai @ChristieSmythe
Lol that's what gets me about this, Ayn Rand didn't *generally* sympathize with criminals or think that people all deserve second chances Quite the opposite, she was wholeheartedly in favor of crumpling up huge swathes of the population and throwing them away
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I do wonder how much circularity there was in this; IME, people like Rand think that because they are special geniuses themselves, their thoughts are special genius thoughts, and so if they get horny for someone they can't help inventing a special genius rationalisation for it.
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That is, "I am enamoured by this guy (because he turns me on); there must be a reason I feel this way because I am so rational and genius; therefore, this guy must be special to be able to turn me on, because in my rational genius mind only special people can turn me on."
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