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« on: August 10, 2011, 07:27:06 pm »
I heard Bill Cosby discuss this recently. Kids 20/30 years ago acted like punks but still feared authority. Kids nowadays don't and retaliate against authority be it from parents, educators, law enforcement or whatever in increasing violent ways. Recently in my area a home was burned down killing 2 little boys because the dad acted out against gang activity. There's always been rebellion against authority. I think what was once abnormal is now the normal starting point for hatred or violence.
Anyways... in my viewpoint you either contribute or negate problems. The Golden Rule is the best policy, following that is ignoring stupid people and not giving them the attention they seek. I don't think a lot of racist text and behavior that is seen in the internets is really true, rather it's a means to do something offensive and edgy that folks do wantonly. Same goes for bad words, sexism, explicitness and vulgarity... all intent on offending and provoking argument to get reactions out of people with the internet being the easiest way to do so.
Kind of like how the wise Alfred said "some men just want to watch the world burn". Some kids build stuff with Lego, others destroy stuff built with Lego which is quite easy to do. It's easy to think of an offensive joke or slur. Everyone knows that's something that will get a reaction. The internet medium makes it even easier to spill out those thoughts.
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