Just because you’re a minor doesn’t mean you’re pure and innocent and can do no wrong, and doesn’t mean that if you do wrong that we all just have to look the other way.
Your actions have consequences, and you can and will be held accountable for serious behaviour.
You don’t get to go on your witch hunts and then turn around, bat your eyelids, and whine that “I’m just a minor!”
Being a juvenile doesn’t mean that you’re exempt from being abusive, hurting other people, and being a bad person.
You’re not an innocent little kid. You’re not a saviour. You’re a juvenile delinquent.
Stalking, harrassment, and threats of violence are not somehow better than people exploring fiction just because this violent person is a minor.
Your age is not an excuse.
This has been a PSA from mod ｖｉｃｅ.
I don’t like calling people “juvenile delinquents,” but otherwise?
This is a good point. Many kids and youth are terribly mean, and just kind of… do things that many adults would find breathtakingly cruel, and don’t really seem to get that they shouldn’t.
Some adults are breathtakingly cruel too, of course. I’d never deny that.
But some kids really don’t know that really awful behaviors are immoral until someone teaches them so.
No, antis aren’t little kids… but black and white reasoning IS common in younger people. I think it’s important to recognize that.
Doesn’t mean “don’t take youth seriously,” but it does mean “maturity is a thing, not an ageist oppressive lie.”
And there are very few places where a 15 or 16 year old can’t be held responsible for their own actions. You might be able to argue diminished responsibility or mitigating circumstances, but you drive someone to suicide? Manslaughter. You’re not five, the law won’t treat you like you are pretty much anywhere.
Few places treat all “minors” the same, because holding five year olds and 15 year olds to the same level of responsibility would be ridiculous. Don’t expect adults on the internet to take the same level of care they would if you were under 10, especially if you’re harassing them.
Acting like you have the right to dictate acceptable sexuality to adults (anti-shippers, seriously, wtf) and then crying “I’m a minor, you can’t be mean to me” is so transparently nonsensical and manipulative, pretty much all adults can see through it immediately.
Either you’re old enough to do things and be held responsible, or you’re not. You can’t have it both ways.
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