Her family is the Manson family. Her friends are all with her in prison. She has no other home.
You don’t know that at all about Susan. Are the friends you kept when you were a teenager and did stupid things still YOUR friends? Do you call them YOUR family? How do you know she has no circle of friends outside of prison? How do you know she has no one who loves and adores her — just like many other inmates serving time in prison do all over this country — and here in California?
It’s so easy to point fingers. It’s easy to look down on others who commit crimes and do evil acts like she did 40 years ago. I wonder how entertained the rest of us would be if we watched a movie or read a book about YOUR life when you were young and stupid? Ever do anything humiliating? Ever hurt someone purposefully? Ever commit a crime you never got caught for?
It’s easy to judge, when you don’t see yourself as capable of the same kind of actions as others. Given the right circumstances — maybe YOU or your husband or daughter could get caught up in drugs and the wrong crowd, or meet someone on the Internet, and commit henious acts on another human being. It happens all the time. It’s interesting how many people on this thread think they are immune from doing wrong — or even — doing evil.
But for the grace of God, Susan Atkins — or anyone in prison — could be US.