(February 12, 2019 at 10:19 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:(February 12, 2019 at 9:55 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Liam's past urge to target black people was indeed racist. I just wonder what he's remorseful about exactly, because I don't think he gets what's really bad about the urge itself. And no, we don't all have these urges. I've never had the urge to go kill a random anyone, black or white or other. The few murderous fantasies I've had have been specific to certain individuals I despise, and it wasn't so strong as to want to act upon them.
Maybe you should try spending your formative years in a toxic environment, anywhere between being the victim of school-sanctioned bullying during an era where school shootings start to gain traction (just like yours truly) or growing up in an area as it becomes embroiled in a sectarian conflict for about three decades. If you do that, that urge to kill randomly might at least make sense.
I was just making the point clear that we don't all have that urge in response to what Shell B said in one of her posts. Then again I might've misunderstood her.
Also, funny you should bring up sectarian conflict considering the region I was born in. And for the record, I've had to deal with bullying and social ostracization myself as a child. You are not alone in this, so please do not assume I've lived a happy carefree life as a child.
