
...this reminds me of a recent article in regards to anti intellectualism as a preference in the U.S populace. This thread confirms the indicators, such as stifling of opinion, emotional responses, and falsities presented.
This story is interesting/unfortunate in the way that the boy was technically a minor, mentally underdeveloped, in poverty, with no positive familial support
However, I was doing things like this once in my life, and I understood the risk of catching a hot one

. I was influenced by older/adult males that did not care about my future, life, and only cared for themselves. It took completely leaving that community, family and all.....to redirect myself towards a new path.
My struggle with this story is based on the contempt that I hold for nikkas like the ones that made sure I skipped school to go run with them

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Literally coming on school buses to get me off, tried to get me to sell mid in 6th grade

. Handing off guns to me when 12 came round....cuz I got a bookbag.

. I remember my best friend getting shot thru the neck...cause his older brother had him in that life...his older brother. Paralyzed from the waist down, with one semi functioning arm at 13 years old breh. I moved again to get away, years later I hear my boy got a dope problem. I get so angry at the memories sometimes...I feel like equipping the .40 caliber and M110 both suppressed...to go purge the community of these nikkas. It seems like at a certain age...reason and logic don't work. I have done community work, and you see hope in young eyes, but them old heads

....they will defend the shyt till hands or bullets get thrown, and that's unfortunate cause I efficiently throw both.
All of that to ask this. At what point is it appropriate to draw the line on who is redeemable and who is clearly a parasite on the uplifting of a community?
