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thatweirdguyinthebushes · 9 months ago

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And to everyone in the tags saying "redemption is good for everyone except the Truly Evil, who can never be redeemed" I reiterate: what are you, a cop?

"redemption arcs are toxic, you shouldn't try to fix someone!"

actually it is so important to me that being in community and experiencing human connection can save people. thanks

#i remember watching a vice documentary on the cannibak warlords of liberia #they interviewed a man who was once called general butt naked #he sacrificed children #ate their hearts #he himself says he does not know how many he killed but it is probably in the thousands #he is not in prison or on death row or murdering children in their beds when they speak to him #he is a preacher at a church #he is an advocate for war crimes trials and holding corrupt politicians accountable #he is a father #he is not shy about his history #he talks frankly about some of the most horrific crimes ive ever heard of a person committing #and then he tells the interviewer that inner monrovia is not safe or kind #and asks if they want to stay in his hotel room for the night #i think that documentary changed my perspective on redemption and justice forever #it certainly influenced the kind of things i write #joshua blahyi is a war criminal and a murderer and a rapist and a cannibal #and it does not matter if his victims or the world or you forgive him #he is working to put some semblance of good back into the world #that is what the world is going to look line when we give up on the idea of police and punishment as justice

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