The road to hell is paved with good intentions. And, of course, people with no hope listen to those that give them a shimmer of it. I would do the same. This should surprise no one.
What’s done is done. How do you break the cycle? How do you make sure the three year-old today isn’t hopeless in 2030? Intact families, community, education, opportunity, hope. It might just require some changes that we don’t like, but we have to make trade-offs as a society (e.g. less incarceration, more family planning, extensive drug rehabilitation, loosened zoning laws, better daycares, any expansion of schooling choice, etc...). It’s all above my pay grade, but that’s what I hope for and vote for.
Or, we can point out that we are victims too, the opposition is 100% wrong, and call it a day.
It costs nothing to listen and learn. Take the opposite view for one day, you can pick your views back up tomorrow. Worst case, you’ll know where you differ better. Best case, you’ll learn something.