Victim Of A Revenge Seeker Answers 3

 

What happened? A friend and I were lured out and robbed after being overheard criticizing a neighbor. During the robbery, what struck me most wasn’t just the violence, it was the almost cult-like obsession with revenge. It felt less like a crime and more like a ritual built around punishing perceived disloyalty.
What would you like to see happen? I’d like to see more public education on how to process and redirect the urge for vengeance. People need tools to handle emotional reactions before they become destructive. Secondly, I believe we all could benefit from greater restraint—learning to keep our judgments and criticisms more private when they aren’t constructive.
How do you think others can help? Others can help by actively discouraging the spirit and acts of vengeance in their communities. That means calling it out, educating about it, and offering healthier ways to handle conflict. Support means more than sympathy, it means advocating for accountability and healing.