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Why is it that on Internet forums, such as Facebook and Reddit, and the knee-jerk reaction of many people is name-calling and statements judging the value of a person's life.

Have you met any of the people involved or any of their family members? Do you have evidence to support your statement that they are "pathetic" and deserving of "uncurable forms of cancer"?

We should all remember that we are all imperfect human beings. You can judge the actions of a human being to be or not to be "right" or "wrong", but it's not appropriate to judge the person themselves, especially when you've never even met them.

"See these fists? They're getting ready to fuck you up."

-Officer Manuel Ramos, before sadistically beating unarmed, homeless, schizophrenic man Kelly Thomas into a coma that would eventually lead to his death, all while Thomas apologized and begged for mercy

You can judge the actions of a human being to be or not to be "right" or "wrong", but it's not appropriate to judge the person themselves

Sure the action was wrong. What he did was wrong. But to claim that his "soul" (for lack of a better term) is worth less than yours is not a judgment you should be making.

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