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> The problem I see is that these people think that "telling" on criminals and international intelligence operations is wrong, for some reason. That's weird and
by t-3 3y ago
> The problem I see is that these people think that "telling" on criminals and international intelligence operations is wrong, for some reason. That's weird and really negative for our country.
If you think it's weird, you must have grown up very sheltered. Every child knows what happens to snitches. It was common practice to punish both the offender and the tattletale when I was growing up, because "nobody likes a snitch". The vast majority of the population has the same or similar cultural context here.
- ameister14 3y agoSo the vast majority of the population didn't used to have the same context, not regarding international espionage and serious crimes. Not telling a teacher? Sure. Ragging on someone for telling the FBI about a murder? No. "Snitches get stitches" works for perpetuating a gang's control through violence but doesn't really help people in a community. It's a terrible norm.