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- Jun 19, 2019
Parents who go on about unconditional love being the real truth or whatever are often bordering on delusional, in my experience. Of course you're going to love your children even as they grow into adults if they make genuine mistakes. Shit happens, but I think that when your kid starts showing possible signs of being a legit danger to society by displaying serial rapist/killer behavior such as targeting small animals and kids, to the point the fucking cops are taking notice, it's time to start setting some boundries and talk their kid into therapy if possible at the very least.Parental love is a weird thing. I mean, I looked long and hard in myself, and if my son did this shit, I'd beat his ass and let him rot in jail, but I can't say I'd hate him. I'd still write him.
So I think you're ignorant of the reality.
A lot of parents pull the "I love my kid and therefore I must believe him despite overwhelming evidence" card, and a big part of that is because awknowledging that they don't want to lose trust in their own parenting. The first thought going through the head of any responsible adult caring for their child who is caught doing questionable shit is "what did I do wrong". What any parent needs to understand is that once your kid is an adult any actions they take are theirs to shoulder. You can still be supportive of your kids without enabling or covering their ass when they show it, because once they are a grown, independant adult that is no longer your role.
Personally, I don't believe Kero's parents think he's innocent either. If they did, they would've wanted to be as transparent as possible with the cops to clear up the supposed misunderstanding. I've said before that they could've been growing weed or something as their own reason not to let the cops snoop, but even if they had their own forbidden sex dungeon they didn't want anybody to know about they could've just offered them to come in on a different day. Kero himself didn't want the cops snooping around their garage and his parents, whether by being forewarned or subconciously, picked up on that and denied them. They might not've believed Kero had truly done the dog, but there was enough suspicion in them to not want to clarify things once and for all.
I doubt, if they know what he did, that they approve or want to enable him to continue. But to some people, the shame of being known as the failed parent who raised a convicted dogfucker necrophile is far more humiliating and life-ruining than the shame of being known as the parents of someone who is accused of being a dogfucker necrophile but had the charges dropped. There is some wiggle room for denial even if their interference was the only reason he's not currently awaiting trial.
Much like people who date others with huge character flaws to "fix" them, only to end up in the ER upwards of five times and making excuses because they still think their abuser can be "saved", Kero's parents know he dun goofed but can't hold him accountable without feeling like they failed him somehow.