Re: think the youth of today resort to violence and act out much

rhettfla

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Apr 24, 2023, 4:34 PM

I may get slammed for this but here goes. The simple answer is we allow too many excuses that enable bad behavior. You mention mental health and I agree, legitimate mental health issues exist - I had an aunt (rest her soul) that was living proof, but it really is relatively rare. It has become a viable excuse for people who act out. Most of us have been depressed to some degree at some time and a lot of us were picked on by bigger kids (today it’s called bullying and is another excuse/enabler), but none of us thought killing as many people as possible was a legitimate response. If you lost a job, regardless of the reason, you went and found another one. Again, shooting up coworkers wasn’t even considered.

For those who blame it on the proliferation of guns, we had plenty of guns available to us as kids and it just wasn’t a consideration. We just knew it was wrong.

We need to stop enabling people who do bad things and stop letting them use what others may have done to them as an excuse. Each person is responsible for their own actions. And it is not up to us to judge and think it’s ok for us to punish someone else, except in extreme cases when it is the only self defense option.

Just my opinion and if you don’t agree, that is fine. You are entitled to your opinion as well. Just don’t waste your time trying to change my opinion or telling me why I’m wrong.

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IMHO it's a combination of many things.
-Social media has almost eliminated positive social skills. Very easy to be an a hole behind a screen much less when there was a chance your mouth would meet someone's fist for saying something stupid.

- Everyone gets a trophy mentality. Not just limited to participation trophies but the overall attitude that little Johnny or Judy are wonderful at everything when they aren't. Losing, not making a team, not being able to have some things are all character builders. The general lack of work ethic to be better is quickly going away because they don't have too anymore.

- Lack of repercussions. Seems as a society we've eliminated responsibility and ownership of actions.

- Absent parents. So many parents either don't care or they defend their kids regardless of what they've done.

So many more things not mentioned. We've failed the last few generations and we're paying for it now.

think the youth of today resort to violence and act out much

It’s the jive