Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a...
by marindez on Sunday October 08, 2017 @04:56AM
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I’ve heard this argument many times now and I still fail to see how we’re feeling sympathy for these people. Every time this conversation is brought up I see 0 solutions and people that very low-key suggest these people have to die because coal must disappear, because outsourcing to China is good because we’re living in a global economy, because they vote Trump and they don’t share our liberal view of society and they might not like black people or feminists, etc.
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Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a...
by marchenko on Sunday October 08, 2017 @06:35AM
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I think the overall tone today is much more sympathetic than that surrounding the crack panic of the 90s, especially when the legal and political environments are compared (3 strike laws v complaints about Narcan expense seem to constitute the political extremes). However, I agree that the disturbing undercurrent of contempt for certain demographics is certainly quite prominent in the public discussion.
Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a...
by brainfire on Sunday October 08, 2017 @08:54AM
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Those are some... pretty strange views. Where do you see them expressed?
Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a...
by KGIII on Sunday October 08, 2017 @10:02AM
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One from this thread is fairly close to what they described.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15427888
The not deserving of much sympathy really brings it home. After all, rural white hillbillies don't deserve sympathy, I guess? I'd say that's rather prejudiced and, no, I'm not white.