-Isms: Views on life in rural America

“People who love themselves don’t hurt other people. The more we hate ourselves, the more we want others to suffer.”

I wonder how much the four girls charged in connection with the assault of 14-year-old Adriana Kuch hate themselves.

According to Kuch’s father, Adriana was a happy teen and a strong girl, part of a blended, loving family.

Kuch had been bullied at her New Jersey school. At the end of January, a fellow student attacked her at school and posted the video on social media platform TikTok.

The day following the brutal altercation, Kuch spoke with her father about the incident, went t...