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Look, I get it, I really do. It is nice to vent and see leopards eat the faces. “Ignorance is no longer an acceptable excuse.” I agree. But for me, that perspective only applies when I’m talking to someone directly either in person or online. But I also don’t get schadenfreude when it is pretty clear a total stranger in an article had no idea what was going on, and is trapped by a system that failed them decades ago.
People who licked store shelves in April 2020 to “own the libs” now that is schadenfreude.
My original post wasn’t to excuse his ignorance either. I wanted to raise awareness of the nuance of the guy’s situation. Several comments at the time clearly showed that it wasn’t read. We have a real problem with people commenting on headlines and not taking the time to read.
Lastly, in my opinion, this is pretty shitty leopardsatemyface content. If I went to another country and broke a law out of ignorance, it is one thing to be punished for it, it is another thing to be mocked.