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It is quite interesting how I as a European citizen often come to think I would understand American culture (because I'm constantly confronted by it on reddit,
by chki 10y ago
It is quite interesting how I as a European citizen often come to think I would understand American culture (because I'm constantly confronted by it on reddit, hackernews, the NYTimes etc.) but get disproved a lot. Is it generally acceptable in the US to handcuff children as young as 10 and take them away from their parents although they appear to not currently be a threat to anyone? (And btw: can a 10 year old even be an actual threat to an adult?)
The fact that the boy is autistic seems to be the point of the article and (part of?) the reason for the outrage, but in my opinion the whole process of doing that to a small child is just unbelievable.
- thatswrong0 10y agoAmerica is a pretty large country with big cultural differences between different regions. I'd imagine the more authoritarian or puritanical subcultures might be okay with it (who probably are the same people that say that adults who resist cops had it coming when they get shot / killed unnecessarily). I don't think I know anybody personally (right or left leaning) who would think that it's acceptable to handcuff children like this. I would hope that most people I associate with would think it unacceptable. At the same time, this kind of thing is so common that I think people have been numbed to it. What maybe could be said is that in general, Americans don't protest this kind of thing as often as they should.
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