Something like this happened when we lived in Northcote- a schizophrenic teenager stabbed a man in front of our local supermarket- similar reaction- 'we shouldn't have supported accommodation here, lock them all up' was the catch cry for ours.
It's terrifying to me that people hate so easily
That they condemn so easily.
That any point of difference will be blamed.
Then I remember the witch trials.
Then I realise it feels like we, as a species, are going backwards.
Surely a person should just be a person to us by now?
All that aside- I am sorry that you were so closely exposed to the most scared and therefore worst side of humanity.
Something like this happened when we lived in Northcote- a schizophrenic teenager stabbed a man in front of our local supermarket- similar reaction- 'we shouldn't have supported accommodation here, lock them all up' was the catch cry for ours.
It's terrifying to me that people hate so easily
That they condemn so easily.
That any point of difference will be blamed.
Then I remember the witch trials.
Then I realise it feels like we, as a species, are going backwards.
Surely a person should just be a person to us by now?
All that aside- I am sorry that you were so closely exposed to the most scared and therefore worst side of humanity.
And thank you for writing about it.