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But there’s no need to argue the finer points of this, because Sells didn’t do this for serious consideration or because he’s a serious lawmaker looking to make a real difference in the state. He did it for attention, and because he watched Fox News a few times and saw the prison porn segments on El Salvador’s mega prison and the idea of treating humans terribly as a form of corrections was appealing.

Because 100 years of operating the absolute worst, most cruel prisons in America has apparently taught us absolutely nothing. Such as we can’t cruel our way out of crime.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Having lived in Alabama, I blame their entire society.

Many of the racist people that live in Alabama do not have the slightest clue that they are being racist.

The othering of non-white non-hetero people is so fundamental to and ingrained into their community that they cannot visualize a way to function without it.

Their idea of a racist person is a kkk member that actively hangs black people while screaming the n word, and the suggestion that anything that does not go to those extremes can be racist is personally offensive to many, many people there.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I blame all that on the church.

[–] Wazowski@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Because republicans are ghouls.