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Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a... by marindez on Sunday October 08, 2017 @04:56AM (#15427500)
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.
Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a... by marchenko on Sunday October 08, 2017 @06:35AM (#15427716)
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 (#15428023)
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 (#15428227)
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.

Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a... by marindez on Sunday October 08, 2017 @09:09AM (#15428051)
Re:The rise of drug overdoses in New Hampshire has created a... by brainfire on Sunday October 08, 2017 @02:14PM (#15429243)
I think you might be... extrapolating a lot from this.