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SethTriggs's avatar

It doesn't get cut out until you do something about "tough on crime."

You know the bloodthirsty, braying comments you see on local news articles when someone is accused of a crime and has their mugshot posted? Especially when there's a heinous accusation and so the torture porn comes out in the comments?

Those are the people who vote most reliably.

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Boogie Mama's avatar

Anyone who says "oh well federal prisons, they hold the worst of the worst, they probably deserve whatever they get" should remember that Native American juveniles end up in federal prison due to a quirk in laws, so whatever you're advocating for prisoners is happening *to children.* And if you think they've been so bad THEY deserve it, please recall that status crimes (delinquency) criminalize otherwise legal behavior by teens.

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