Teenage boys in large groups often tend to behave cruelly. It's no excuse -- they should be reprimanded and made to understand why what they did was wrong -- but the scene itself is really familiar. Just happens to have a political overtone in this instance.
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Given the fact that they were wearing MAGA hats & Trump regularly demeans Native culture (with his Pocahontas jibe) & they were harassing a Native elder doing a Native chant, foregrounding their being teen boys seems like a myopic analysis.
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You didn't answer the questions.
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I'm sure the added testosterone doesn't help, but all people behave worse in groups.
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I think there's a unique propensity for cruelty (which manifests as taunting, physical intimidation, etc.) in groups that consist of large numbers of teenage boys.
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Yes. Why did you write the word 'but' between it's no excuse and that concept? In English, that means you are stating it as an excuse. It is not one, it is an added and separate horror.
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And? Any attempt at curbing or addressing this toxic "common" behavior is ridiculed and causes people to destroy their Gillette razors.
"Groups of men/boys do shitty things & shouldn't be judged too harshly or caused to experience significant consequences."
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I'm confused as to why it matters. Toxic masculinity and adolescent group dynamics were likely components, but if not an excuse, the observation seems a bit random.
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Cant wait for the BuzzFeed story that accuses Tracy of excusing racism.
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We all agree that you had a choice between tweeting and not tweeting, and you went with this take. It sucks.
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Teenaged girls do as well. And groups of adult men. And groups of adult women.
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