Same here. "Now, I don't feel like there's a qualitative difference between the two, to put it harshly." There isnt. I'm cool with psychopathic killers and ra

Same here. "Now, I don't feel like there's a qualitative difference between the two, to put it harshly." There isnt. I'm cool with psychopathic killers and rapists being locked up indefinitely and/or killed by the state on my behalf. In reality, we have not fully considered the drivers of their behavior nor tailored the response to be compassionate of their circumstances. Are they mentally ill? Did they grow up in an orphanage where they were abused and humiliated daily by the other kids and staff? We don't have time for such questions and considerations because we have to get them off the street. We tell ourselves it is justice because the truth takes far too many resources to fully reconcile. Consent (inaction) of the governed.