Now, I don’t know where you’re from, but I’ve never tried murdering anyone at ages 13-15. I don’t think attempted murder is a common thought in most teenagers’ minds.

While I agree that they are still children and should not be named, I also think that this is not a mistake. It is a violent crime that should have serious consequences. These children need to be institutionalized and actively and intensely rehabilitated, lest they become an even bigger threat once they become adults.

It isn’t changing or suspending the rules, it is deciding which ones apply based upon the situation. We do that all the time already.

So, you think teenagers were unaware that hanging someone from their neck would just “hurt” a child? Yeah, no, I am not buying that. No teenager that is not developmentally disabled (and even some that are) would be unaware of that.

Then you were a rare excellent pre-teen.

I never tried to murder a kid.

I disagree. At 14, you know better than to hang a child. Try them as adults with attempted murder.

The stupidest thing I did at 13 was be mean to my sister. I didn’t try to lynch any little kids.

So attempted murder then?

At 14, you know better.

This is really making me question my blanket “never try teens as adults” stance. Goddamn.

That statement makes me so angry. What about the trauma that this boy will experience for the rest of his life? I can’t imagine having been his age and some malicious teenagers decided to fucking hang me from a tree and no one gave enough shits to make sure that the people who harmed me had to pay the consequences.…

You don’t “accidentally” push an 8-year-old off a table with a rope around his neck.

1) “The boy’s uncle, Lyrik Martin, who also posted photos of his injuries on social media, wrote in a post that he wasn’t sure the attack was racially motivated”

No kidding! Holy fucking hell, this is, what, the 5th, 6th article on Swift I’ve seen in about 2 weeks on Jezebel? I am a big Swift fan, and completely understand why people find her the embodiment of White Feminism (she is) and annoying/too good girl-too mean girl/bad at Pop Starring (meh, to each their own, I hate…

You’re slightly missing the point here.

the hatred Taylor gets on this site is ridiculous.

Yeah, I can’t remember if Jezebel was one of them, but several news outlets said she tried trademarking 1989, leading to a lot of jokes or straight up rage that she was trying to “own” a whole year, but it was actually a trademark of the stylized logo 1989 written in her handwriting that she used in her album artwork…

It’s not about worse, solely. It’s about OLD. This is the equivalent of shitting on Milli Vanilli in 2017.

I’m a die hard Swifty so whatever she sells, I will buy it. I am here for it.