214
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 141 points 11 months ago

Jesus.

“Children in the US can be legally married in 41 states, physically punished by school administrators in 47 states, sentenced to life without parole in 22 states, and work in hazardous agriculture conditions in all 50 states.” Over and over again, the worst states for children are clustered around the “pro-life” Bible Belt, and the map of the states that are the worst for children looks a lot like a map of red-state America. (Liberal states, too, have a long ways to go when it comes to protecting kids, but they generally do a bit better.)

And Republicans just want to make it worse.

[-] Ragdoll_X@lemmy.world 36 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also Republican states have consistently reported higher CSA rates over the past two decades, and a survey of tens of thousands people showed that conservatives are also just more likely to say they are pedophiles.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

Looks like we all need to unify around anal sex.

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

I think you've got it pegged.

[-] dumptruckdan@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

Hey, almost everybody has a butt. That might be one of the few things we can unify around.

[-] krayj@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago

This is projection and hypocrisy at its finest.

The more the state proclaims to 'protect children' and promote 'family values', generally the worse it scored on the analysis.

[-] zib@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago

Physical punishment in schools is still a thing??? I had to endure that back in the 90s, but I thought for sure people would have figured out better ways to discipline kids by now.

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I got paddled in 4th grade (late 80s) for saying "bastard". Wasn't screaming it, wasn't calling someone else a bastard, I just said it and I got two whacks for it. Yeah, that was fucking draconian.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

It’s for the children though, think about the children!! /s

The one thing I’ll disagree with is, if a kid murders their entire family, they should never be allowed to roam free. It’s perfectly acceptable to say “this person is broken and cannot ever exist in society” with a crime like murder.

[-] Prompt@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

My take is that if a kid does something that extreme it has probably been forced to work from a very young age, beaten up at home and at school and raped from a very young age.Then been forcefully married and having the rapists child. Just taking some excerpts from the article. Where I live the scenario of a kid killing its own family who’s under the age of 18-20 is unthinkable. Kids must be protected at all costs. Both a good and a bad upbringing will stay with you all your life and shape you for better or worse. I’ve worked with addicts and kids in institutions for many years. There are almost no happy childhoods there.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I imagine that information would be considered during the trail and the charges would be decreased, given a history of abuse. But, in the case that it isn’t that…

[-] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

That kind of extreme example is so rare that it's not really worth basing policy off of.

this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2023
214 points (97.3% liked)

politics

18637 readers
3740 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
  2. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  3. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  4. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive.
  5. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  6. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS