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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 20
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      Many have been asking for clarification on this. It never appeared to me that the kids proactively "surrounded" the elder. But some still engaged in taunting that can be fairly said to have racial overtones. Doesn't mean they are personally, in their hearts, virulent racists.pic.twitter.com/6gd4PnQ6kI

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 20
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      If you live in a world where the only possible moral judgments are categorical denunciation or categorical absolution, then we obviously do not live in the same world.

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        1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 20
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          Furthermore: I think making these kids overnight social media stars, which invites immediate snap-judgments on the basis of incomplete video snippets, is a really toxic dynamic. I've probably been guilty of it at times. Doxxing and threatening them is also destructive.

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        1. Mandaliet‏ @teiladnam Jan 20
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          People cling so tightly to the absurd notion of "either you're with us or you're against us" that if you're capable of understanding nuance you're against everyone.

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        2. Giedre‏ @jugafromeu Jan 20
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          I can't imagine what their parents are going through right now.

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        1. Novus Prime‏ @novus_prime2 Jan 20
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          If you think we live in a world that operates under nuance you haven’t been paying attention to the last decade.

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        1. Rilla Inglewood  🎃 👻 🍁 🍀‏ @RillaInglewood Jan 20
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          Love this. Exactly.

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        1. EddyCaplan‏ @EddyCaplan1 Jan 20
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          "Can be fairly said" reads like 'I may be wrong but even if I am I had just cause to be (wrong)'

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        1. Mutated Sea Bass‏ @cornfef Jan 20
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          Anyone who stands with the mob going after these kids is absolutely evil. Yes, evil. Trying to destroy their lives when they clearly did nearly nothing wrong is evil.

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        1. Jewel‏ @Ehctien Jan 20
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          What specifically is the taunting? One kid did the Tomahawk Chop. Agree people shouldn’t do this but, an entire stadium did it. Were they all racist? A few were dancing but, so were the people walking with the elder. They were moving to the drum.

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        1. Scott Stark‏ @scottlawyer Jan 20
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          I live in a world where my Creator does not tolerate evil but will forgive me if I ask Him for his forgiveness and strive not to do evil again. And if we have to repeat the process a million times....

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        1. Matthew Julian Moorman‏ @manofthemoor Jan 20
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          I agree re: allowing for nuance and re: not giving these kids undue attention. However, racism is a discriminatory behavior that doesn’t require personally held attitudes to be racist—it can be behavior backed by social attitudes.

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        1. Distopos‏ @Distopos Jan 20
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          CS Lewis famously observed that to be the general trend of language.

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        1. Andrew‏ @Concordantly Jan 20
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          Yeah, you're a coward.

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          We should live in a world where we stop making excuses for racist homophobia or transphobic bullying of any kind AND to stop minimizing the lifelong psychological damages bullying has on kids and teenagers and adults alike

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        2. Barnaby Tudbubble‏ @BTudbubble Jan 20
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          It seems clear that a group of minor boys behaved in an offensive, abusive fashion, and they should be dealt with by their parents and as minor offenders if they broke a law. With that said, they should not be publicly identified or nationally targeted. They are children.

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        1. LDMoney‏ @LDWhitmire Jan 20
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          Looks and feels like another media hoax from viewing multiple videos. Shameful stuff. If someone approaches you beating a drum in your face are you harrassing the drummer? What about the "Go back to Europe" and other things said to these KIDS?

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