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It's kind of insane to me that there are people who are actually against what Gary did. It's truly hard to imagine the kind of person (that isn't themselves a pedophile), who is so utterly brain rotted to think that what Gary did wasn't swift and deserved justice.
Like, I understand why this needs to be illegal but I also 10000% understand why he did it.
Also have to give odd props to the state- not for the initial 2nd degree murder charge but the manslaughter deal w/ probation & community service with no jail time seems like as fair a deal as they can give.
Personally, I don't. I have no issues with vigilantism like this with the simple clause being that you being convinced someone is guilty doesn't absolve you of criminality if someone you target is innocent.
Basically, this shouldn't be illegal so long as the target is objectively guilty. I have zero issues with this.
Historically there were a few crimes that were technically illegal but always acquitted. Killing someone in a duel, killing a man for sleeping with your wife, etc. This probably qualifies. The state would basically say "please don't pop off like this again, but we get it." That's when the state identified with the people it rules though, instead of viewing us as commodities.
The defense argument was insane though. Probably legally necessary but reading it makes my brain hurt. Something about "he went temporarily insane from trauma...". Bullshit. Guy fucked with his kid, so he made him un-alive. It's the most sane and understandable instinct a father can have.
That's just people being stuck in an idealized world where perfect is the enemy of good.
Because realistically, if everyone acted like Gary did we'd have innocent men dropping dead constantly because "he touched me wrong!" is an easy claim to make and women/children constantly do it over nothing. Gary's case isn't like that, but laws aren't built on exceptions but consistent application.
So its the opposite of being brain rotted, its them being so naive to the rot of the world that they still think the justice system works and can be trusted to deal with these things in a civilized manner.
Remember that when Kyle Rittenhouse shot three men at a BLM riot he hit a child rapist, a domestic abuser and a burglar. The people against what Gary did are the same ones who made him do it.
To be fair, at least the Kyle situation was politically charged and mainly by the mass media, so that explains some of the division due to partisan lines. Can't really say the same for Gary.
Are they, though? Maybe just like how many in 2016 didn't vote for Trump, rather they voted for "Not Hillary", this is more of a case of not being against of what Gary did, but rather not wanting to be shot like Jeff for doing similar things, or at least entertaining the idea of similar things.