https://www.pluralist.com/posts/1824-millennial-couple-bikes-near-isis-territory-to-prove-humans-are-kind-and-gets-killed
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I agree with whoever mentioned that these two were under the influence.
Some form of lack of consciousness, lack of reality, a mindlessness...perhaps even a brainwashing.
Life is all about cotton candy, fields of Tulips, sugar plum fairies, and isn't it all wonderful.
I wonder about what kind of parenting was modeled for them.
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“You read the papers and you’re led to believe that the world is a big, scary place," Austin wrote.
“I don’t buy it,” he continued.
“Evil is a make-believe concept we’ve invented to deal with the complexities of fellow humans holding values and beliefs and perspectives different than our own… By and large, humans are kind. Self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes, but kind. Generous and wonderful and kind.”
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Some conservatives have framed the tragedy as a cautionary tale about not just the perils of travel but also naivete in general.
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Some liberals, for their part, view Austin and Geoghegan
as simply unfortunate.