You’re a prison abolitionist. You’re in a high stakes discussion where you have to answer seriously and be convincing.

Someone asks you : “yeah, but what are we to do with people breaking the law, then? What will you replace prisons with ?”

What will you answer?

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Yeah. I gather you’re from the US.

    I’m not telling you what to do.

    If we “only” reduce the prison population to 5% or 1% of its current count in the process

    Then why call it abolish prisons?

    I see now that you’re trying trying to trigger an additional emotional response. Working on association, rather than logic. Such manipulation, especially, is something I would not want to be a part of. It’s vile.

    You do you. I’ll just repeat my original statement: it also drives away people, who would otherwise agree.