6. My daughter, age 3, has been known to bite other kids at her daycare. That's assault. I think we should throw the book at her
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7. If you think about it for a moment, you'll realize that without exception all children are criminals.
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8. Public mischief and disturbing the peace are crimes. Have you known a non-mischievous child? One that doesn't throw tantrums?
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@corkingiron And their thug culture! Why just last week gangs of them pounded on my door and demanded free stuff!1 reply 3 retweets 6 likes -
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10. I had same experience last Friday: masked children, threatening "tricks" extorted "treats" from law-abiding citizens.
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@fortyfs But if we describe LD as "child molester" (as many are doing) we're using criminalized language for childhood behavior.
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@noizangel @fortyfs I'm not going to defend LD's writing, which was sensationalistic and button-pushing.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@noizangel I think the tone she used is what's driven a lot of the anger, at least on the left.3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@fortyfs Ultimately, my criticism of LD is her sensationalism makes it harder to argue for a balanced, non-criminalizing approach.
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