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In reply to the discussion: FBI agent kills man linked to Boston bombing suspects [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)It's well known that teen agers and those who are not fully emotionally mature tend to question even the most obvious and transparent accounts that are reported after a reasonable amount of investigation. It's their way of separating themselves from authority figures--by being contrarians.
For this reason, too, we see so many teen and twenty-somethings posting on the "Jahar is INNOCENT" Facebook pages. It suits an emotional narrative popular in young adult literature and films, one that is ripe with conspiracies, and is a way that young people express their independence from their parents and other adults in charge. Only 'I' know the truth, only 'I' and those like me--not you "establishment" drudges--understand.
It's a dance as old as time.
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