Not long ago, "murderers and child rapists should have to live with what they've done" was considered a perfectly reasonable defense of an abolitionist position on the death penalty. It's interesting to notice the new pushback against "maximum punishment" for even the worst crime https://twitter.com/Vanessa_ABee/status/1218019316454563840 …
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I *am* genuinely concerned by people who think neither the death penalty nor life imprisonment w/o the possibility of parole should be on the table. Even if a serial child killer *can* be "rehabilitated," exactly how much risk are the most vulnerable families expected to bear?
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It never occurred to me that one day I might see blanket-case arguments against permanent incarceration, but I guess this is the fruit that intratribal signal gaming bears. "How woke am I? So woke that not even dead kids can slow *this* woke roll!"
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we have the death penalty in SG I'm... not a fan I have friends who are strongly against it and I respect that I don't like how secretive the State is about it but the worst thing to me is how medievally *gleeful* some people are about using it:https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1015858758453420032 …
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A small counter: I think glee at vengeance/revenge fantasies are often a direct result of perceived helplessness. People tend to feel this way when they see an animal, child or vulnerable person purposefully rendered completely unable to protect themselves and then harmed
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I think you see a mass increase in anxiety if society doesn't believe in the rule of law and that their government is just. Likely results in vigilantism.
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