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> District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive prosecutor, faces a recall election in June There should not be something like a "progressive" prosecutor. I am
by raxxorrax 5y ago
> District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive prosecutor, faces a recall election in June
There should not be something like a "progressive" prosecutor. I am in favor of rehabilitative justice because it simply provides better results but I would expect something worse than following the law to the letter in this case. I am not from the US, but I believe by now that such a prosecutor would favor people by race to live up to a blurred ideal and I suspect Asian parents had the same impression and some might even know where such ideals can lead to.
This sounds like the institutional racism progressives allegedly want to fight. But currently it looks more that they want to implement it in the first place. Equality before the law is very valuable. I don't know Chesa Boudin and maybe my judgement is completely wrong.
For the author of the article to dismiss the concerns as pandemic angst is a bit rich in my opinion, although even parents should not be exempt from criticism when they try to influence education. But the author cannot really establish any reason for such a judgement. But that it required if you call it angst and anger, especially if they want their kids back in school because they don't believe diseases pose a significant risk to pupils.
Sometimes other people are the problem and sometimes you are the problem yourself.
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoReally well put. There is so much simplifying going on with Covid that I wish someone could make a comment like this in a whole range of current topics.