Many convenience stores that carry Rolling Stone, such as 7-Eleven, CVS pharmacies and others, are boycotting the magazine, refusing to carry the edition, as they feel it’s insensitive to the people hurt by the tragedy. Many individuals also are protesting the magazine by refusing to buy it.

It’s OK these people are offended by the choice of the cover. These people still are reeling from the bombings and still healing from something they might not comprehend.

But isn’t that the point of what the article and Rolling Stone are attempting to do? Trying to comprehend something people don’t understand? Getting to the bottom of why this seemingly normal kid decided to do this terrible thing?

If people took the time to read the story, then they would realize it’s not trying to glamorize Tsarnaev but it’s trying to get to know this person who would allegedly go on to set off bombs along with his brother, Tamerlan, killing three people and injuring more than 200. It’s a psychological, in-depth look at how this “popular, promising student” became what now many refer to as a “monster.” The cover is overshadowing the content of the article, and if people read it first, maybe they would understand the choice of the picture.

Besides the argument being about Rolling Stone, much of the backlash comes from how people wanted Tsarnaev to be this nameless, faceless person they could hate and not look at. It’s not about getting Tsarnaev sympathy, which many believe the magazine is doing by placing him on the cover.

Others are angry with Rolling Stone, as they believe giving Tsarnaev all this attention might cause copycat attacks by people looking to get famous, and saying this isn’t something it should even be covering as it is a music magazine and the cover portrays Tsarnaev as a rock star.

There always is going to be people who are going to inflict terror. Faces such as Osama bin Laden and the Unabomber were on magazines and newspapers such as Time and the New York Times. It never came into question due to the nature of the publications, whose niche is hard news and investigative journalism. Rolling Stone, while known as a music culture magazine, has done some of the most in-depth, thoughtful and political stories in the past decade, including the 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, which prompted his resignation.

The Boston Marathon bombings was a tragedy, but what Rolling Stone is doing by publishing this profile of Tsarnaev is not trying to glamorize the hurt he caused. It’s to try to understand why he did it.