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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by johnnyanmac on Thursday March 20, 2025 @06:06AM (#43421344)
A lot of America (even parts of the left) still fall for the "hard on crime" narrative. They assume the sentences are just, and thus bad people deserve the worst. Even if our constitution has a clause agaisnt "cruel and unusual punishment".

never-mind that we've had decades of initiatives using such prisons as a form of soft racism, something so longstanding that is publicly declassified information. And people still don't care.

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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by intended on Thursday March 20, 2025 @01:20PM (#43426060)
They would go further, and argue that it’s the people who argue against this narrative, are supporters of criminals.

I.e. - It’s gone from “you are too soft on crime”, to “you are supporting criminals.”

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