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Kentucky student who used n-word 200 times and assaulted a Black woman in viral video is sentenced to jail
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2024
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Interesting that the Independent made sure to mention that this student was drunk not once, but twice, as if that were an excuse.
No one says that word when drunk if they wouldn't be willing to say it out loud in certain company.
Her being drunk is relevant to reporting the truth. They're not excusing her actions but giving context. As you pointed out, she may never have said these slurs in her open life, but she was probably thinking them and alcohol greased the wheels on her racism.
That's some serious grease. To go from zero n-words sober to two hundred times drunk?
Nah, it's pretty normal.
You see it a lot with people who are generally seen as "nice people" when not drunk and then turn into very violent people when the are drunk (a member of my family was like that).
A lot of people run around with pretty nasty issues that they do not act on because of social inhibitions and/or awareness of the social consequences of acting on those, and alcohol lowers those inhibitions and the "think twice before you open your mouth" that makes people take those secondary implications they're aware of into account - alcohol just takes away the internal overseer that was stopping them to be who they really are.
This is not excusing their actions: when not drunk those people are NOT nice inside, they just act nicer than they are because they know the consequences of doing otherwise and don't want to feel social shame, or in other words their being "nice" is just a mask and they'll probably act on those not nice things in their minds if they feel they can get away with it (IMHO, this is why some people who are nice, meek and even submissiness when powerless, turn very nasty when they find themselves in a position of power).
No it's true. A relative of mine is like this as well, unfortunately.
Mentioning it once is relevant. Mentioning it twice is trying to use it as an excuse.
Talk about White Washing a story.
I think you may be forgetting that if you're drunk, the consequences can't get you.
Ah, but the rhythm will get you. Tonight.
That's true. Good point.
This is from the Romanian penal code so it may be inaccurate for other countries. I am also not qualified to do anything related to law
If you are under the effects of a substance, you can be considered not breaking the law in some conditions
In the US, the penalties can be higher if you're drunk and commit a crime. Being drunk is in and of itself a crime in the US (public intoxication) so you at least get that as an additional charge.