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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bleeding hearts only care about their feel good moment . Fiddling criminals won’t turn out well but liberals have made criminals into a darling group [/quote]

I have a co-worker who has told me that she doesn't believe in incarceration, only in rehabilitation.  She is active in a non-profit regarding this.  I REALLY wanted to tell her that my kidnapper/rapist recently applied for parole and I'm terrified of him coming after me when he gets out.  I really wanted to ask her if she would feel that way if she was in my position.  I did not though, I kept quite and just listened to her talk about mass incarceration and using inmates as slave labor, etc. [/quote]

I'm far left but I don't believe in prison abolition precisely because I have a friend who survived a similar crime. I'm sorry that happened to you, pp. Obviously you have no obligation to share your story with your coworker, but I think stories like yours can push people to have a more nuanced view of the issue. I definitely think there are too many people in prison in the US but I also don't think we should have to live in communities with convicted rapists and murders. I find that people who grew up in violent communities tend to agree with that point, and people who have lived lives sheltered from violence are cool with letting everyone out.[/quote]

I'm pretty liberal and share this. Violent crime should be punished. Wanting a dignified response to undignified behavior doesn't mean we're stupid, it means that as human beings who supposedly believe they were created after the image of God, we want to be the best we can, including criminals. That doesn't mean violent criminals shouldn't pay for their crimes, either. Slave labor? I'm not ethically on board with that. Am I going to lose tears that a child rapist is forced into that? No. But, ethically, I think if everything we run is above reproach, then we don't have issues like people wanting to completely abolish a system because it's structured incorrectly and has hurt many innocents. [/quote]

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