AITAH for supporting my friend who k**led a man?
The original poster (OP) is involved in a dispute within a friend group concerning the actions of an acquaintance named Jeff. Jeff shot and k**led his sister's boyfriend after discovering the boyfriend had s*xually a**sed Jeff's six-year-old daughter.
Jeff's justification was that the a**se occurred while the sister, who was supposed to be babysitting, was present.
The OP supports Jeff's actions, viewing him and his daughter as victims, but the majority of the friend group strongly condemns this view, stating that m***er is never justifiable.
This has led to the OP being called morally corrupt, causing the central dilemma of whether their stance is acceptable.
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The OP is in a difficult social position, supported only by a minority of friends, because they refuse to condemn Jeff's act of m***er, believing it was an understandable reaction to a severe crime against his child.
The central conflict lies between the OP's view that extreme provocation can justify lethal action in defense of a child and the friends' absolute moral stance against all forms of ho****de.
The core question is whether supporting someone who commits m***er in response to child s*xual a**se is an expression of natural protective instincts or a fundamental moral failing regarding the sanct*ty of life. Can the severity of the preceding crime nullify the immorality of the resulting act of m***er?
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