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Hard day to be a prison abolitionist

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Gajenx's avatar Gajenx @gajenx.bsky.social
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It's o.k. you can take the afternoon off to revel in the joy here then work for everyone but this 1 prisoner.

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Niiiick Henry's avatar Niiiick Henry @friction.bsky.social
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The fantasy is that he gets set free last.

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Cate 🐬's avatar Cate 🐬 @catebridget.bsky.social
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we have a pass for this

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Halaylah the Elder, of No House's avatar Halaylah the Elder, of No House @halaylah.bsky.social
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I'm ok with him being the last one out of the building

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Airwindows's avatar Airwindows @airwindows.com
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LOL ROFL DAMMIT SPIKE

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Katie Tightpussy's avatar Katie Tightpussy @juicysteak117.gay
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we can take a thirty minute break bsky.app/profile/juic...

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Dr. Cosmo Kramer, Proctology's avatar Dr. Cosmo Kramer, Proctology @reactionordinary.bsky.social
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I mean like, sure, if prisons didn’t exist and we had other means of accountability and justice for people who abuse power but we don’t and they do and “what you do to the least of these we should do to him” or however that scripture goes…

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5th wave Fremenist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🐔's avatar 5th wave Fremenist 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🐔 @droctorock.bsky.social
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mood

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🇵🇸hungry🏳️‍🌈hungry🏳️‍⚧️harpy🇺🇦's avatar 🇵🇸hungry🏳️‍🌈hungry🏳️‍⚧️harpy🇺🇦 @the17thqueen.bsky.social
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Prison should only be for people who will absolutely, willfully cause harm again if left free

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TrickyC (he/him)'s avatar TrickyC (he/him) @trickyc66.bsky.social
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prison for those who love prison, miniature cupcakes for others

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Chuck Leek's avatar Chuck Leek @chuckleek.bsky.social
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Word.

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Don McKennan's avatar Don McKennan @donmckennan.bsky.social
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… or to be an advocate for a felon’s right to vote.

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Ing aka Tophat Artooning's avatar Ing aka Tophat Artooning @ingforart.bsky.social
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I mean dont worry. Hes never serving

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Delbert Grady Seasons's avatar Delbert Grady Seasons @delbertgseasons.bsky.social
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They put Rudolf Hess in a prison by himself, I think that would work for everybody

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Honestly, I think if only wildly powerful people with millions upon millions of dollars went to prison, I'd be fine with that.

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Zach Allen-Kelly's avatar Zach Allen-Kelly @zachwallen.bsky.social
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pophouse's avatar pophouse @pophouse.bsky.social
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don't listen to anyone who became a prison abolitionist today

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Morgan Lockhart's avatar Morgan Lockhart @mizdoomcookie.bsky.social
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What if we just sent him to an island with no wifi, Napoleon style.

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Jonny Worldbeater's avatar Jonny Worldbeater @jonnyworldbeater.bsky.social
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White collar criminals can go to prison.

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Shatter Ⓥ 𓅃's avatar Shatter Ⓥ 𓅃 @shatter.bsky.social
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This is why I'm a ~95% abolitionist.

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Glenn Hauman's avatar Glenn Hauman @hauman.bsky.social
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Even harder to support restoring voting rights of felons today. But Florida Republicans are sure going to try.

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Eulogy 's avatar Eulogy @eulogy.bsky.social
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Can't win em all. :)

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jdrch's avatar jdrch @jdrch.bsky.social
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No ideology survives contact with reality

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Crow, in Autumn Clad's avatar Crow, in Autumn Clad @unlimitedblack.bsky.social
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On the other hand: good day to be someone advocating for felon voting rights, perhaps? (To be clear, I'm very happy about the conviction, I just expect to see the GOP base struggling with how they keep oppressing the imprisoned when their idol is now one of them)

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Eileen's avatar Eileen @eileenfiona.bsky.social
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We’ll just start with everyone else first

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C.B. Blanchard is writing about gay werewolves's avatar C.B. Blanchard is writing about gay werewolves @gaycannibalism.bsky.social
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The only prisoner should be trump, and he should be cloned in such a way that he can be in all the prisons, forever, feeling that the whole time

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Elysia's avatar Elysia @tartmagica.bsky.social
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I'm a prison abolitionist who's open-minded and willing to make an exception or two

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michael coyote's avatar michael coyote @michaelcoyote.bsky.social
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Ain't that the truth...

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Aida's avatar Aida @mutualaida.bsky.social
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We can have a rich people prison, as a treat

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Thomas Neville's avatar Thomas Neville @goobermunch.bsky.social
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We haven’t dismantled the carceral state. It’s entirely proper that it chew on rich white guys if it’s going to chew on others. He can be the last person released when the work is done.

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Sabrina Q Nilingus's avatar Sabrina Q Nilingus @sabrinaq.bsky.social
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Firing squads as a second option?

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Arash Mohebbi's avatar Arash Mohebbi @thatoldbear.bsky.social
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Im strongly in favour of a National Time Out For Republicans And Donors. 20 Years on the Naughty Step (somewhere offshore in the Outer Banks)

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Paul's avatar Paul @oneofthegoodpauls.bsky.social
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You can want to abolish prison and also want to have little a prison, as a treat

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Yopp's avatar Yopp @yopp.bsky.social
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Why, he's not going to see a day inside of a prison

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An infinite amount of smut squares's avatar An infinite amount of smut squares @aniente.bsky.social
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Respectfully disagree, I think one can still be a prison abolitionist but have a list of priorities for release

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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Plus side I bet a whole lot of surprisingly new people are gonna want to learn more about it

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Isobel Carr's avatar Isobel Carr @isobelcarr.com
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Damn near impossible.

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Right? We gotta get creative with this one. I wish the justice system took into account the ramifications of the crime, like getting to have this huge impact on the country beyond the on-paper low level of the felonies.

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Shawn Christensen's avatar Shawn Christensen @pollenmicrobes.bsky.social
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I laughed out loud — thank you 😂😂

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Mike Murphy's avatar Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social
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Everyone deserves a day off.

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si oppington's avatar si oppington @stillwellgray.ca
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he can have a little prison as a treat

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Stardragon The Canadian's avatar Stardragon The Canadian @stardragontc.bsky.social
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If The United States is going to imprison someone, and it IS Going to imprison someone, shouldn't one of those people be Donald Trump?

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Necire Jaska's avatar Necire Jaska @chuffaholic.bsky.social
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To be fair, Can we really classify Trump as HUMAN? anybody? Anybody?

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Fable Siegel, Lackadaisy Showrunner's avatar Fable Siegel, Lackadaisy Showrunner @fablepaint.bsky.social
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abolish prison (except for this guy in particular)

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DeeKeee's avatar DeeKeee @deekeee.bsky.social
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🤣🤣🤣

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Big Money Tim (A real Tim and a real human being)'s avatar Big Money Tim (A real Tim and a real human being) @bigmoneytim.bsky.social
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I am of the opinion that while it isnt currently being abolished, a certain group of people w power should experience it as it currently exists so that hopefully they can make more informed decisions and opinions on prison

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Thomas Most's avatar Thomas Most @thomasmost.bsky.social
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have to work with the system we have while we dream the system of the future!

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skateintraffic's avatar skateintraffic @skateintraffic.bsky.social
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Yeah cuz KYLR hasn't happened here 😔

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nika 🐦‍⬛ 's avatar nika 🐦‍⬛ @sojapojke.de
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the criminal justice system does very little right, however it every once in a while does something funny

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Arachne 🏳️‍🌈's avatar Arachne 🏳️‍🌈 @cayemarsh.bsky.social
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🤣🤣🤣

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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe's avatar Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social
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I was gonna post exactly this earlier but didn’t feel like fighting with actuallyers. bless you

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💯 bsky.app/profile/juic...

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Riley ΘΔ (formerly Aylor)'s avatar Riley ΘΔ (formerly Aylor) @rileygreenfox.bsky.social
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I don't want him to go to jail cause jail works, I want him to go to jail cause as things stand today in 2024 that's the only meaningful setback he faces in his mad power grab, and building a society with restorative justice would be way more difficult with him and his cult running around unimpeded

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Marissa Louise's avatar Marissa Louise @marissadraws.bsky.social
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My dream is he goes to Rikers and they shut down that hell hole

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Ashley Hankins Illustration 🌙's avatar Ashley Hankins Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com
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But truly!!!!

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stu's avatar stu @stuschuster.bsky.social
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mcdonalds stock holders are having a sudden abolition epiphany

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Sam, back on my bullshit's avatar Sam, back on my bullshit @samwise42.bsky.social
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I mean, I’d rather somebody pistol dueled him at sunset, but 🤷‍♂️

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Mach⚙️'s avatar Mach⚙️ @sfaccountant.bsky.social
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Look, you can hate prisons and want them gone and ALSO think that as long as they exist, Donald Trump should definitely occupy one. Bad things with a defensible purpose should at least have their defensible purpose realized!

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Jay Marose's avatar Jay Marose @jaymarose.bsky.social
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Now he has something to talk about with the in-laws.

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Elizabeth Roderick's avatar Elizabeth Roderick @talesfrompurgatory.bsky.social
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Hey, no prisons doesn’t mean no accountability And we still are working with the shitty system we have, so lock him up

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Sean McKnight's avatar Sean McKnight @ynot1989.bsky.social
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Can we bring back chain gangs just for him?

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onekade's avatar onekade @onekade.bsky.social
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It’s ok to just be happy imo. 😎

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Catherine Frieman's avatar Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social
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very strongly this exactly

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Sinboy's avatar Sinboy @sinboy.bsky.social
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I'd accept "Leave politics, social media, and punditry forever, and lose most of your fortune" as restorative justice. Plus he'd have to listen to victim impact statements from ever voter in my state.

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Hipster Sasquatch's avatar Hipster Sasquatch @hipstersasquatch.bsky.social
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Hey, some people really ARE a danger to the community -- er, country.

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Catbus 's avatar Catbus @catbus.bsky.social
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lmaooooo gotta say the quality of Trump posts here is much higher than twitter

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Erin Fogg's avatar Erin Fogg @criminalerin.bsky.social
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They better hurry up and abolish em, I guess

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Peter Wartman's avatar Peter Wartman @peterwartman.com
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I'm a prison abolitionist except in this one case where it would be really funny

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Craven Joe's avatar Craven Joe @iamjoseph.bsky.social
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No one should be in prison! BUT if we're going to have prison anyway...

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M C.Hawk 🥓☕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar M C.Hawk 🥓☕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mchawk.bsky.social
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Yeah. Just this one behind bars, as a treat.

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Julia S.'s avatar Julia S. @booktweeting.bsky.social
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nah, I just want him to be the last one out, and Sam Bankman-Fried and Ghislaine Maxwell tied for next-to-last

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Skyler Gizmodo's avatar Skyler Gizmodo @coolgoku13.bsky.social
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Even Miriame Kaba's having a good laugh today, at least

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Not me, I'm on team guillotine.

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Winry's avatar Winry @lookin4serenity.bsky.social
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Perfect time to become pro oubliette tho

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It's a Pip!'s avatar It's a Pip! @nopipbutcpip.bsky.social
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Right? People want to put him in Rikers and I just think even HE doesn't deserve Rikers. No one deserves Rikers.

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Dillon is here, unfortunately.'s avatar Dillon is here, unfortunately. @dillonishere.bsky.social
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Abolish all prisons, free all prisoners, except for him.

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That Queer Writer's avatar That Queer Writer @falcc.bsky.social
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I always think to myself "if not for prison, we could have ramped a motorcycle onto him instead" and it's a hard argument to push back.

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Leigh Harlen (Birch)'s avatar Leigh Harlen (Birch) @leighharlen.bsky.social
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prison abolitionists can have a little schadenfreude, as a treat

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Andy Donaldson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿's avatar Andy Donaldson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @triplezero.bsky.social
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I remember not long before Timothy McVeigh was executed, my mum and I were watching a news story about it. "Do you think he should be executed?" she asked me. "No." "Are you going to lose any sleep about it? " "No."

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Mr. Chimpanzy's avatar Mr. Chimpanzy @cyanescens.bsky.social
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I say there’s a case to be made that the normal reasons to support abolition don’t apply to the leader of a fascist movement trying to end democracy (granted, not what he was convicted for). That the level of potential harm such a person could cause are many magnitudes worse than any other crime

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Luarvik L. Luarvik's avatar Luarvik L. Luarvik @luarvik.bsky.social
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"imprisonment should only happen when it's funny" is a very persuasive corollary to "crime should be legal when it's funny"

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Goose's avatar Goose @goosegloriosa.bsky.social
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listen i think we can get a lot of good done if we just alter it to "prison abolitionist unless it's funny"

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Marxist Theories & Lore's avatar Marxist Theories & Lore @marxistlore.bsky.social
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It's a long process and we have to pick our battles and pick which battles not to fight

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LittleMxSurly, here reluctantly's avatar LittleMxSurly, here reluctantly @littlemxsurly.bsky.social
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I’m indulging in a rare cheat day

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