"No motive" is gonna get worn out in the coming weeks. The lesbian teen in Illinois; Jonathan Joss; this? All completely random.
this post was submitted on 06 Jun 2025
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Didn't hear about the lesbian teen so I looked it up. For others curious:
People who throw acid at other people should have acid thrown on them.
These kids are really young, I mean where does an eight year old get the idea and motivation to do this? The twelve year old probably egged the others on, but still this is such an intense crime for such young ages
Even a twelve year old would normally not have the means to plan such an attack. Researching how to do it, getting the acid, actually going through with the plan β that sounds suspiciously like someone older planning it and having the children execute the attack because they'll face more lenient penalties from the law IMO.
Maybe they asked a large language model.
Nah, children are as good at scheming as adults. Young brains are underdeveloped in different ways than most people think, and the abilities significantly resemble those of an adult in many (but not all) ways at a young age.
When I was 12, I released chlorine gas into my room in the process of trying to make oxidiser for rocket fuel and also did a bunch of other stupid shit that could have maimed or killed me. Don't underestimate kids.
It was .5 kg of lithium in a kiddie pool for me.
The serious answer is they learn it from their parents and society at large.
I'd be willing to bet money that the household they grew up in has Fox News blasting 24/7. They certainly live in a conservative area, so all their friends are probably growing up in similar situations. When you feed children an informational diet of consistent hatred and violence, you can't really be surprised when they act on it.
It drives me nuts when news articles mention but donβt link to the Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dianas-recovery-from-acid-attack
Life in prison. I don't care how old they are. Life in prison. This is a hate crime and terrorism plus we don't need to give ideas to the dumb fucks who live in this country...
Life in prison?
These are little kids, I saw 8 year old?
We don't give life to little kids that commit rape or murder because, you know, they're kids, their brains haven't even fully developed and they are barely able to understand the direct implications of their actions, let alone long term. These. Are. Kids.
I'm not saying this wasn't a crime, nor that it wasn't horrible, nor that the victim didn't suffer, nor that these kids need no punishment. I'm saying that these kids more likely need help. I'd start checking where they got these ideas, I'd start interviewing their families. I'd start educating these kids on the consequences of what they did. I'd get psychological help for them.
Those actions will punish the kids, but also make them better people, and who knows, Future allies.
You just want revenge and as much as I get it, it's not helpful. An eye for an eye makes us all blind.
Just gonna leave this here...
where yhe hell do kids get acid from?
Unfortunately with some basic chemical knowledge it can be obtained rather easily from household items or hardware stores: Batteries, cleaning products, bleach,...
probably battery acid. HCL might be more difficult you would have to get them from industrial sources. h2so4 is more acidic than hcl.
super easy, barely an inconvenience
Great. We've got acid attacks now. Fuck this.
Unbelievable
Really? It is unbelievable in this political climate?
Yes , it is. This has nothing to do with politics.
WTF? It's a literal hate crime, what could be more political than that?
Right?! We have an administration that probably won't prosecute this as a hate crime and plea to down to a misdemeanor. Hate is the vehicle that the administration operates in, so hate crimes will rise because the authoritarian regime has green lit those crimes.
*Edit: To summarize - when you elect a Nazi, don't be surprised when people do Nazi-adjacent things like hate crimes.
Yankee your children are disturbed.
ppl learned nothing from matthew shepard:(