One data point here: I was sexually assaulted last year and I didn't even begin to even start thinking about going to the police because I don't trust them.
"Yes, literally abolish the police." "What about rape?" "Police haven't ended rape, have they?" wtf am I readingpic.twitter.com/tYMYqNTkDx
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I obviously can't and wouldn't tell you or anyone else to do, but I was stunned to find last year when I reported my stalker that the criminal side of the process was easy, warm and compassionate, and the civil side (pursuing a restraining order) was a months-long nightmare
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Why is the immediately suggested solution to every modern political problem so low resolution? Always either “get rid of this thing completely” or “this thing is so important it should be 100% government funded”. Never any real solutions or thinking.
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I know, right? There should be a law against that
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I guess we should abolish public schooling, too, since it's failed to end illiteracy
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unironically this
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Immature utopianism, political thought that has been coddled and never had to stand up to scrutiny. I'm glad the NYT allows pieces like this, although it could be said that "they LITERALLY put people in danger" lol.
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I’ve been calling it “Naive Utopianism” and I keep waiting for someone else to write the Medium essay
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I’m just glad I have somewhere to point when my colleagues argue that nobody wants to ACTUALLY get rid of police.
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"Gun control wont end all gun crimes" logic writ large
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