@James_9341@hasanthehun Average right winger mindset in action. “If I don’t agree with you, we should get rid of you.” Probably best if the left goes ahead and adopts the same attitude.
@Gaysexlegends1@souljagoyteller Not really. Using the word “fundamentally” like that kinda betrays your unexamined assumption. The people aren’t the problem with the Middle East, the institutions are.
@TanTheMan42@Jay2Goat_ Civilians who have the training to actually help, yes. Social workers, counselors, and other mental health professionals. A 21 year old who’s only trained to write tickets *can’t* help. They wouldn’t know how, and any role they try to play will almost certainly cause more damage
@TanTheMan42@EltonMunene@Jay2Goat_ Lmfao it doesn’t take a theologian to see when someone’s reading something they want into the text. The “it can mean whatever I want through the power of metaphor” shit is arrogant evangelical nonsense.
@TanTheMan42@Jay2Goat_ three months of training and a pistol are not ever going to help that situation. The best they can do is pass it over to someone who can actually help, but they prioritize arrests.
@TanTheMan42@Jay2Goat_ Sure, I’d love if being a police officer required a four year degree. I’ll wait around with my thumb up my ass waiting for that to happen lol. Yes, police cannot offer the kind of help that any addict needs. They are not trained for it, and random schmucks off the street with