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> My beliefs would have me ostracized from communities and fired from my job. but not landed you in prison or disappeared, I take it?
by graemep 1y ago
> My beliefs would have me ostracized from communities and fired from my job.
but not landed you in prison or disappeared, I take it?
- syndeo 1y agoTrue, but at least in prison you're (usually) fed… which may NOT be the case if you're fired from your job, put on a list, and blocked from the industry.
- trenchpilgrim 1y ago> True, but at least in prison you're (usually) fed… Not adequately or safely. https://impactjustice.org/new-report-provides-first-ever-national-examination-of-food-in-u-s-prisons/ https://impactjustice.org/new-report-provides-first-ever-nat...
- account42 1y agoStill better than the in the average US school.
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoThe linked report describes a case study of a prison where rat droppings were falling from the ceiling into the prison kitchen. It also states 75% of surveyed prisoners reported being served spoiled or rotting food. Was your school worse than that?
- account42 1y agoThey might, if not now then possibly in the future. See e.g. people in the UK getting arrested for tweets.
- mr_toad 1y agoIf you’re telling people to punch other people in the balls maybe you should be arrested.
- GJim 1y agoYour comment has deliberately omitted the context needed for honest discourse. Thus, one can only conclude you are trolling.
- immibis 1y agoSo did the one they're replying to. They're just replying like-for-like. It's typical that when someone is arrested for "X action with Y detail" (e.g. buying a knife with intent to kill someone) people who oppose the arrest will only state the X (and for some reason this works). To correct the record when someone says "I don't expect to be arrested for buying a knife", "I do expect to be arrested for planning to a murder" is a correct response.
- graemep 1y agoOnly if it is proved to a criminal standard (i.e. beyond reasonable doubt) to be intended to encourage an act of violence. It it is an expression of anger it is legitimate free speech.
- mbs159 1y agoA lot of US citizens have been imprisoned for their political ideas, though [1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_prisoners_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_prisoners_in_the_Uni...