cyberdad wrote:
Antrax wrote:
As for Turner's father, a lot of parents have glaring blind spots for their children.
The article I posted was about the bravery of Chanel Miller in going public because she felt her case was mishandled. Brock's father is not helping by claiming his rapist son is some type of role model. They both look stupid.
I applaud Chanel's decision to go public. It's not easy being elevated to the public limelight, and she has a legitimate gripe with how the case was handled. Go through all the of the brutal legal process so that there is the evidence necessary for a conviction to be made and the judge lets him off easy? That is an outrage.
However, your post is titled after Turner's father's moronic assertion his son could be a role model. Yes, it's stupid as hell, but lots of parents do or say stupid things for their children. Not long ago we had a thread on a mother who was pleading that her son who was arrested for making a threat to shoot up his school was "just joking."
Humans are evolutionarily hardwired to protect their children. I see nothing here besides a father grasping at straws to protect his son.
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