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It’s amazing you can log onto this website and spout utter bullshit like “assault and theft have been decriminalized in California”. It’s a totally laughable th

It’s amazing you can log onto this website and spout utter bullshit like “assault and theft have been decriminalized in California”. It’s a totally laughable thing to say and I don’t know why no one else has called this poster out for this blatant lie.

culopatin 3y ago
But you can’t ignore the struggle to enforce in the Bay Area. Just moved here and I feel like an idiot paying for the Bart when most people just jump the gates in and out. Take your dick out and just pee while you walk. No worries. Cross the street naked throwing stuff around, normal. Dogs in parks? Leash optional, right under the sign that says “dogs must be on a leash”. Break into cars, no one cares. Steal a Kia, doubt you’ll get caught. Yet there are rules like no eating in the Bart. What? $250 fine if you drink something in the train? Who comes up with that crap? I come from a red state and I can tell you that the conservatives out there don’t want “th government telling them what to do” but they are more tightly controlled than the people in the bay. People in the bay experience real freedom, almost to the point of anarchy by far. Red state: Back into your driveway? Tag can’t be seen from the street = ticket. Look aggressive in the street or take your dick out? Arrested, if not shot. Break into a car in a public space? I wanna see that one go as smoothly as in the bay.
- quesera 3y ago
  > Red state: Back into your driveway? Tag can’t be seen from the street = ticket That's seriously a law?? That's more ridiculous than anything I've seen in a liberal democracy.
  - benji-york 3y ago
    I've never heard of such a thing.
tjalfi 3y ago
I'm not sure about assault, but Proposition 47[0] in 2014 substantially reduced the penalties for shoplifting, grand theft, forgery, fraud, and other crimes. Stealing under $950 is a misdemeanor regardless of how often someone does it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_California_Proposition_47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_California_Proposition_47

culopatin 3y ago

But you can’t ignore the struggle to enforce in the Bay Area. Just moved here and I feel like an idiot paying for the Bart when most people just jump the gates in and out. Take your dick out and just pee while you walk. No worries. Cross the street naked throwing stuff around, normal. Dogs in parks? Leash optional, right under the sign that says “dogs must be on a leash”. Break into cars, no one cares. Steal a Kia, doubt you’ll get caught. Yet there are rules like no eating in the Bart. What? $250 fine if you drink something in the train? Who comes up with that crap? I come from a red state and I can tell you that the conservatives out there don’t want “th government telling them what to do” but they are more tightly controlled than the people in the bay. People in the bay experience real freedom, almost to the point of anarchy by far. Red state: Back into your driveway? Tag can’t be seen from the street = ticket. Look aggressive in the street or take your dick out? Arrested, if not shot. Break into a car in a public space? I wanna see that one go as smoothly as in the bay.

quesera 3y ago
> Red state: Back into your driveway? Tag can’t be seen from the street = ticket That's seriously a law?? That's more ridiculous than anything I've seen in a liberal democracy.
- benji-york 3y ago
  I've never heard of such a thing.

tjalfi 3y ago

I'm not sure about assault, but Proposition 47[0] in 2014 substantially reduced the penalties for shoplifting, grand theft, forgery, fraud, and other crimes. Stealing under $950 is a misdemeanor regardless of how often someone does it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_California_Proposition_47 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_California_Proposition_47