View original postTwo things that jumped out at me:
View original postthat drug offenses make up only about 20% of the total
View original postthe sheer number of people in various jails who have yet to be convicted of any crime.
View original postThe 5 myths about incarceration was also interesting.
For me a third big point was the one about all the people either in jail/prison or out but strongly disadvantaged on account of the parole/probation requirements. Plus the insanity of the bail system and the way poor people's lives can be ruined by being unable to post bail for some relatively minor offense, while a rich person who's done the exact same thing can just shrug it off. Seems to me like the decision of whether or not to incarcerate you in advance of your trial should be based only on whether the judge figures there's a flight risk, not on how fat your wallet is.
Indians are being held up as a model minority. That's not helping the Black Lives Matter movement
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As part of the "model" minority
29/06/2020 08:18:17 PM
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How have you failed?
29/06/2020 10:31:17 PM
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Are we trying to assign blame and guilt, or are we trying to observe and then create a change in
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I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough
30/06/2020 03:29:29 AM
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Re: I still don't do enough. Silence and inaction are failure enough
30/06/2020 04:51:12 PM
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I have to be honest, the privilege argument is dubious.
30/06/2020 04:19:42 AM
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Some thoughts...
30/06/2020 06:19:28 AM
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Re: Some thoughts...
30/06/2020 02:08:10 PM
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It's true that part of it is just America treats all its poor people so terribly.
30/06/2020 09:35:40 PM
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here is an interesting article on mass incarceration in the USA.
30/06/2020 02:30:09 PM
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Wow, good stuff, thanks for posting! *NM*
30/06/2020 02:57:08 PM
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It's disturbing to see statistical proof the system is stacked against those with limited assets. *NM*
30/06/2020 08:10:41 PM
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Interesting read indeed.
30/06/2020 08:29:53 PM
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I have three anecdatas
30/06/2020 09:23:10 PM
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Okay... this is just like old times, when I'd often have no idea what you were getting at.
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The Jury Trial
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It’s easy to understand why.
01/07/2020 12:09:44 AM
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There's more
01/07/2020 12:55:57 AM
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I agree
01/07/2020 02:04:50 AM
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Oh god yes, I've heard of several instances of that
01/07/2020 03:49:42 AM
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So you see that compassionate conservatives can exist? We aren’t mythical creatures? *NM*
01/07/2020 03:55:45 AM
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I sincerely hope you aren't serious about this...
01/07/2020 04:01:57 AM
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It was a little tongue in cheek
01/07/2020 04:20:08 AM
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Re: It was a little tongue in cheek
01/07/2020 06:23:20 AM
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a couple of points
01/07/2020 07:42:32 PM
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What do you know about Biden's health that we don't know? *NM*
01/07/2020 08:53:45 PM
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anyone who hears him speak unscripted can tell there is a big issue. *NM*
01/07/2020 09:47:20 PM
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Mook - Fionwe is a radical. You are not.
01/07/2020 04:33:45 PM
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yes I suppose it was a foolish comment.
01/07/2020 05:44:05 PM
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I'm honestly not sure if.you even meant it...
01/07/2020 07:38:26 PM
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It amuses me...
01/07/2020 07:03:43 PM
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You're welcome. Come again. XOXO
01/07/2020 07:05:11 PM
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Aww
01/07/2020 07:36:55 PM
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Sweetie, we can always zhuzz it up! First we need some more glitter.
01/07/2020 07:39:42 PM
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Waterloo seems the most appropriate for the moment...
01/07/2020 10:01:33 PM
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No, darling. We're playing Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
02/07/2020 05:25:07 PM
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"most on nonviolent drug charges"
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read the article I posted. That's one of 5 myths about USA prisons. *NM*
30/06/2020 09:44:19 PM
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I was reading the article just before you posted it. Probably the same google search
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Regarding the Census, neither Left nor Right state that the US will remain majority White.
01/07/2020 04:03:57 PM
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This White/Non-White Binary choice is simplistic. And leaves no room for nuance.
01/07/2020 03:46:17 PM
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Absolutely right, I read an interesting article on this a while ago.
01/07/2020 10:58:59 PM
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You have a binary choice...
02/07/2020 12:10:49 AM
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I agree with all of this, but lets think of it from a different point of view.
02/07/2020 12:24:38 AM
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