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You can have empathy while simultaneously realizing they obviously have no case.
The article quotes an attorney representing the families saying that the videos were "material they can’t turn away from". Come on, now. Those kids weren't Clockwork Orange'd. Let's return to reality.
Objectively speaking, young and impressionable minds are more susceptible to falling for dark patterns.
All the more reason for parents to be actively involved with their children, especially at those ages.
It doesn't cost you anything to refrain from using the word "morons" in this context... But I guess that's just the empathy.
That's why I didn't use it.
That was "Mastengwe". Pay attention to who you're replying to next time.
That goes for all of the people who upvoted your comment, too. Shameful.
I should have put it differently, but "you" was meant in a general way.