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The woman was attacked while on her way to Pride celebrations, friends said.

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[-] [email protected] 112 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"No motive" is gonna get worn out in the coming weeks. The lesbian teen in Illinois; Jonathan Joss; this? All completely random.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago

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...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Just gonna leave this here...

[-] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Yankee your children are disturbed.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 5 days ago

People who throw acid at other people should have acid thrown on them.

[-] [email protected] 51 points 5 days ago

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

[-] [email protected] 49 points 5 days ago

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 – 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.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Maybe they asked a large language model.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

It was .5 kg of lithium in a kiddie pool for me.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago

where yhe hell do kids get acid from?

[-] [email protected] 17 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately with some basic chemical knowledge it can be obtained rather easily from household items or hardware stores: Batteries, cleaning products, bleach,...

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

probably battery acid. HCL might be more difficult you would have to get them from industrial sources. h2so4 is more acidic than hcl.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

super easy, barely an inconvenience

[-] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago

Great. We've got acid attacks now. Fuck this.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Really? It is unbelievable in this political climate?

[-] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago

Yes , it is. This has nothing to do with politics.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

WTF? It's a literal hate crime, what could be more political than that?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

ppl learned nothing from matthew shepard:(

[-] [email protected] 33 points 5 days ago

It drives me nuts when news articles mention but don’t link to the Go Fund Me page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-dianas-recovery-from-acid-attack

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