It's primitive, tribal stuff.
It is no different from troglodytes looting in Baltimore to protest the arrest of hardened criminals - because those criminals are the same ethnicity as they are, live in the same neighborhoods, etc.
I believe in moral absolutes and first principles, not tribalism, coverups, and closing ranks.
Just because the media are having too much fun with this for the wrong reasons doesn't mean we have to reflexively defend these dirtbags.
You are right. More and more I see us becoming more like Bedouins in Anbar Province. We close our eyes to any misdeeds as long as the perpetrators look like us, or profess similar political or religious views. You cannot even offer constructive criticisms of “tribal” members without being savaged.
Thank you a thousand times a thousand.
Excusing his behavior repeatedly, as his parents did, led to more sin and more anguish.
Even today, their statement and his is all about how he’s okay now.
Little mention of his victims. They didn’t matter then and they don’t matter now.
People who try to equivocate and ask, “But what about ___” or “Yeah, but ___ did it first” are a huge part of the problem.
Conservatives are supposed to be responsible. They do not shirk or pawn off blame. They stand tall for right and don’t defend wrong.