Discussion Creator / Vathara

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• She's a big fan of this last one even in Real Life — for example, she believes the Kent State shootings were justified.

...you might want to do more research on Kent State than Wikipedia has up. And on the Sixties in general, and the so-called anti-war movement in particular. A lot of those people were not pacifists. You're not a pacifist if you throw rocks at firemen and police; you're an idiot, depending on someone else to act in a much more civilized manner than you are. Also note that at the same time said shootings occurred, groups like the Weather Underground and others claiming to be part of the anti-war movement were busily wreaking havoc, inflicting property damage, and murdering people across the country. And there were all kinds of rumors and noises about people like that being in the crowd. Potentially with bombs. Context, people. Know your historical context.

because believing the Kent State massacre was justified isn't the same thing as believing that free will is evil.

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• Just Following Orders is commonly praised, with the obedient Easily Forgiven and their detractors "revealed" to be far worse than those they despise.

because as someone who has read pretty much of all of her stories beyond Embers, I can safely say that that story must have been the only time Just Following Orders came up.