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this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025
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The majority of gang members also grew up poor and joined a gang to get out of poverty. Does that make it justified?
Nice false equivalency
Yankistanis always have talking points that deflect their own wrongdoings but does not apply to others in similar scenario.
Justified is different than calling anyone who tried joining at 18 scum and immediately dismissing them, which is also true for someone who joined a gang at 18