General Discussion

randome

(34,845 posts)

9. Virtually no one said that prison was a viable alternative in this case.

Reply to woo me with science (Original post)

Sun Nov 2, 2014, 05:06 PM

Nov 2014

In fact, the vast majority who agreed that the couple should face consequences specifically said she did not deserve jail time.

So...
[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

110 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

If you want to grasp how deeply and perversely warped by punitive authoritarian propaganda [View all] woo me with science Nov 2014 OP

Thank you soooo much for this OP. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #1

Creeping fascism is what it is, the sociologists are always late to confirming the current theories. Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #7

I agree. Jailing people for minor things like not mowing their lawn sounds like something that Louisiana1976 Nov 2014 #17

It's not "creeping". n/t truth2power Nov 2014 #70

Thank bushes and co. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #12

I hate to say it but, ACLA believes "Obama worse than Bush.." 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #27

The bushes pushed the boulder off the cliff, down the hill and it just won't stop till it hits rock Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #30

The Shrub had 8 years 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #33

Just not on the incessant blame O bandwagon. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #37

I agree to a point. I am no fan of the Bush Crime Family .. 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #40

I suspect the attack on whistleblowers was already on the road to reality before O. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #44

umm. can you say Patriot Act promises broken? 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #52

Thank you. 840high Nov 2014 #56

At least with O they stand trial, with B they got killed Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #59

Here's to baby-steps. I'll happily give Obama that ... 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #60

That would be a wonderful lame duck surprise! Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #76

Anwar Al-Awlaki and his son say otherwise. OnyxCollie Nov 2014 #89

The drone program is very disturbing. The program also started under B. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #98

The Obama administration came up with this on their own: OnyxCollie Nov 2014 #110

I think you are correct. "Many of these programs were started before he even ran for pres in 2008." rhett o rick Nov 2014 #50

These programs have all spiraled into an uncontrollable state of perpetual growth. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #99

It appears that he isn't even trying to slow down the ever increasing spiral of rhett o rick Nov 2014 #100

He began his presidency by trying to close Guantanamo. Guess who opposed, virulently? Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #102

Didn't try to "close" Gitmo. Maedhros Nov 2014 #104

Yes The Newt is a bad person but that doesn't excuse or detract from rhett o rick Nov 2014 #106

This conversation has gotten so far off my original post where I was sarcastically thanking Dont call me Shirley Nov 2014 #108

We all recognize the Republican authoritarians. But some of us are in denial re. Democratic rhett o rick Nov 2014 #109

"trend has only worsened under Obama". You're correct, monkey.. truth2power Nov 2014 #71

Funny how The Shrub could do any damn fool thing he wanted, 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #92

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Maedhros Nov 2014 #105

It's a sympton of... ReRe Nov 2014 #72

Quite a sorry lot we have become malokvale77 Nov 2014 #2

there is no problem increased cruelty will not solve Douglas Carpenter Nov 2014 #3

If the problem was that simple DonCoquixote Nov 2014 #20

Actually it's only a War on Poor People & People of color. 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #28

I understand what you're saying but the only power a goverment has over it's people is prison and scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #4

What? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #6

This is what started it scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #8

i posted a link to that thread noiretextatique Nov 2014 #25

I don't think one person in the thread said they supported her being in jail for 6 hours scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #29

some people are totally supporting that ridiculous overkill response noiretextatique Nov 2014 #38

Listen I know what you're are saying but we also have to put it just a little scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #45

One need look no further than Norway or Sweden to see how a humane nation behaves 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #32

Sweden CLOSING prisons, can you imagine the shareholder outrage if an American prison closed? Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #39

Yah, the Face-Shooter's defibrillator might explode. nt 99th_Monkey Nov 2014 #43

um , there's not a single thing you wrote I disagree with scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #47

Hear! Hear! ReRe Nov 2014 #73

They can take your life BubbaFett Nov 2014 #75

If only courts could levy financial penalties. Orsino Nov 2014 #88

Militarization of holidays and parades and sporting events and political rallies and even the Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #5

Media jalan48 Nov 2014 #22

Old school was romanticizing war through movies and US pledge with heart crossed in grade school. L0oniX Nov 2014 #87

Virtually no one said that prison was a viable alternative in this case. randome Nov 2014 #9

Is that all you got out of the OP? rhett o rick Nov 2014 #103

Fear and ignorance... etherealtruth Nov 2014 #10

Yay, for conformity! Join the "keeping up with the Joneses" ratrace! Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2014 #11

Ah, Ron Cobb, one of the great political cartoonists. WHEN CRABS ROAR Nov 2014 #54

Just noticed people are now excusing police brutality with, "Well that person shouldn't have ______" DesertDiamond Nov 2014 #13

Bingo Populist_Prole Nov 2014 #34

+1 nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #93

I'm pretty sure the prison population in the US is higher Faux pas Nov 2014 #14

People getting thrown in jail over untended lawns Man from Pickens Nov 2014 #15

City code. Major Hogwash Nov 2014 #16

Do you live in North Korea scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #24

Hahaha, yeah, because having city codes is just like living in North Korea!!! Major Hogwash Nov 2014 #49

No more and no less than ignoring a unkempt lawn should result in jail... LanternWaste Nov 2014 #78

So let's guess your point. The reason the US has such a problem with incarcerations is "city codes" rhett o rick Nov 2014 #51

If people just read a few books on the history of propaganda in the U.S. they'd easily see it Corruption Inc Nov 2014 #18

No, they are dumb by training. You don't think we spent all that money on schools jtuck004 Nov 2014 #69

It's a fact... ReRe Nov 2014 #74

k & r LWolf Nov 2014 #19

Awe sit down and shut up till after Wednesday! Phlem Nov 2014 #21

good example right here noiretextatique Nov 2014 #23

The Religious Reich's hate speech is growing ever more violent. Kill gay people. Impose a State blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #26

The big outfit in this movement is "THE FAMILY"/"THE FELLOWSHIP," blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #35

What's freaky is a lot of so called liberals like this sort of thing... SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #31

No. At most, only "so-called" liberals, ones who never questioned their beliefs, act that way. Hortensis Nov 2014 #42

Recommend...but, it's not only FAUX News.......it's all of them... KoKo Nov 2014 #53

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ And I am waiting for someone truedelphi Nov 2014 #61

You'd fit right in at DI. Nothing but attacks on liberals there. L0oniX Nov 2014 #84

Go push someone else's buttons, if you disagree with what I posted SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #96

We are now a nation of largely con-artists and bullies rock Nov 2014 #36

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #41

I KNOW China doesn't release their figures, nor does Iran, and I wouldn't be surprised if Russia MADem Nov 2014 #46

K&R nt Live and Learn Nov 2014 #48

And even here, some people desperately defend filling our prisons with people for pot smoking. Warren DeMontague Nov 2014 #55

I was bored one day and read the newspaper thoroughly to find out that in Norway truedelphi Nov 2014 #57

I. Just. Tsiyu Nov 2014 #58

Punitive towards the little guy cprise Nov 2014 #62

Generally, with exceptions, one gets as much justice JEB Nov 2014 #63

That's prety much the sum of it. F4lconF16 Nov 2014 #64

Now your lawn or we'll mow you down! grahamhgreen Nov 2014 #65

Agreed. Authoritarianism is a poison pill in a democracy. blackspade Nov 2014 #66

That such jailings are defended, even here, on the basis of a potential decline in property values.. markpkessinger Nov 2014 #67

Bravo. nt lisby Nov 2014 #68

I forget the exact quote or even who said it but it goes somethinglike this... Javaman Nov 2014 #77

But Terra! MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #79

k/r a million times marmar Nov 2014 #80

Yes. It's not a political process, it's psychological, wide-ranging, and plain evil. sibelian Nov 2014 #81

well, it's a natural product of traveling on the turdway stupidicus Nov 2014 #82

Amercian parents must really hate their children to let NSA spy on them. eom whereisjustice Nov 2014 #83

On the other hand we have people getting murdered over loud music and popcorn. L0oniX Nov 2014 #85

DURec leftstreet Nov 2014 #86

Kick and rec. hifiguy Nov 2014 #90

As always Woo TRUTH TO POWER. 99Forever Nov 2014 #91

Well said. zeemike Nov 2014 #94

K&R nt Zorra Nov 2014 #95

The vast majority of prisoners are because of the Drug War. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #97

But but but malaise Nov 2014 #101

Remember this system was created under Reagan And Nixon. Initech Nov 2014 #107