I’d like to start a series seeking viewpoints from across the political spectrum in general discussions about modern society and where everyone stands on what is not working, what is working, and where we see things going in the future.

Please answer in good-faith and if you don’t consider yourself conservative or “to the right”, please reserve top-level discussion for those folks so it reaches the “right” folks haha.

Please don’t downvote respectful content that is merely contrary to your political sensibillities, lets have actual discourse and learn more about each other and our respective viewpoints.

Will be doing other sides soon but lets start with this and see where it takes us.

  • best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    I don’t think anyone is giving them a pass?

    In France the left has the following explanation most of the time: “he doesn’t have our cultural reference and doesn’t know it’s bad,” or “he’s psychologically disturbed and therefore not his fault so no prison.”

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      7 months ago

      “he doesn’t have our cultural reference and doesn’t know it’s bad,”

      I guess I’ve seen people say this? But it’s not really the common way of thinking in most progressive spaces. Can’t really say for France specifically though, I guess.

      “he’s psychologically disturbed and therefore not his fault so no prison.”

      In these cases people are usually put on involuntary psych holds, and reassessed over time, as far as I know?

      Either way, not really getting off scott-free.