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greenjar_01

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7. It's absolutely disgusting, though it has decreased significantly

Reply to Treefrog (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 9, 2021, 09:33 AM

Mar 2021

Prison rape jokes are now routinely removed by juries, mainly due to the tireless work of people who simply won't abide them. Thanks to them. They used to be far more common here. The common tactic was to say "I'm just saying what happens, not what I want to happen." It was a cowardly and pathetic dodge.

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Really "Liberals"? "Lock em' up, lock em' up, lock em up". [View all] Magoo48 Mar 2021 OP

From the left, at least it's generally applied to appropriate situations. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #1

This Ferrets are Cool Mar 2021 #9

+1 This is not sloganeering. These people must be locked up, for the safety of the nation. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #20

I haven't heard any liberals chanting lately. Laelth Mar 2021 #2

Disagree ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #3

I disagree as well Chainfire Mar 2021 #11

Yes, and don't forget all the prison rape jokes. I've seen them here many times. Unfortunate. Treefrog Mar 2021 #4

I push back on those jokes, we all should. marble falls Mar 2021 #5

It's absolutely disgusting, though it has decreased significantly greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #7

I don't like when Democrats imitate republicans' PatSeg Mar 2021 #21

Libs chant it back at those who chanted it Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #6

You're right, that's how it started. Pushback. *sigh* Rhiannon12866 Mar 2021 #8

The people we want locked up Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #10

Justice is desirable as I said. Magoo48 Mar 2021 #24

Cool story n/t kcr Mar 2021 #12

+ a million. These are mean, anxious times, and meanness and Hortensis Mar 2021 #13

As a cop abolitionist and prison abolitionist, I agree. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #14

Spare me the guilt trips. Paladin Mar 2021 #15

No guilt trips, just posting my POV. Magoo48 Mar 2021 #25

No guilt trips? Only putting Liberal in quotes is all. kcr Mar 2021 #27

I wrote to my satisfaction; read into it what you will. Magoo48 Mar 2021 #28

You can't guilt trip me. BlueStater Mar 2021 #16

See #15. Magoo48 Mar 2021 #26

Big difference: THEY broke the law and should be locked up. Squinch Mar 2021 #17

Regarding the insurrectionists: Lock them up and comradebillyboy Mar 2021 #18

Sorry, i refuse to apologize (n/m) BradAllison Mar 2021 #19

No apologies needed, just my 2 cents. Magoo48 Mar 2021 #22

You're right. Lock him up. we can do it Mar 2021 #23

I sparingly use for only one UpInArms Mar 2021 #29