#College was great for hearing people bitch about 'criminals ruining the country' in class and then seeing them high that weekend. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thebiballerina · 2 months ago

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Not to mention, even with the most generous socially constructed stereotype of a definition, the English-speaking Tumblr population is heavily skewed toward the U.S.A. It's hard to say how much of the no vote is accounted for by people outside the U.S., but there's no way it is all of them. Which makes these numbers hard to believe given that the U.S. treats mass incarceration like a national sport.

Consider the drinking age alone. If you are under 21 years old, any amount of purchasing or publicly possessing alcohol is a crime in any state. It is also a very normalized thing to do, at least from ages 18-21. Do you really not know anyone who has done this? It's not even stigmatized enough for me to believe that many people are unaware of relatives doing that. Not to mention all people whose relatives offered them alcohol when they were under 21; that's also very common, and it's only legal in some states under some circumstances. The drinking age is basically a running joke, except the punchline is systemic discrimination, facilitating violence, and encouraging preventable deaths. (But that's a rant for another time.)

are any of your relatives criminals to your knowledge?

#Are you actually not aware of a single relative who is a criminal or are you just white enough to not think about them that way?#There's more to it than that but. That's a lot of it.#College was great for hearing people bitch about 'criminals ruining the country' in class and then seeing them high that weekend.#polls #social justice #yes or no polls #criminal justice #we are all criminals #systemic discrimination #I would say sorry for being a killjoy but the injustice of criminal 'justice' is the killjoy and I'm just the messenger.#Too many anarchists brag about crime and endanger vulnerable people in their orbit. But balk when treated like a 'real' criminal themselves #Stop being a coward and use your privilege for something other than saving yourself and masturbatory guilt.#Edit: There are people calling all 'yes' answers snitching? You can't imagine any other scenario?#How do you wave around warnings about the criminal justice system yet forget that it is a real thing people may have already experienced?#Buddy the cops already know my relative engaged in acts he could be arrested for. That's why they arrested him.#That's not even getting into statutes of limitations or that this did not specify living relatives.#If you can't imagine actually having relatives convicted of crimes. That kind of ruins the 'veteran rebel imparting wisdom' vibe.#To be fair some people have tags fully listing the exact relation and a recent crime they weren't caught for. But not all or even most.#Plus there are crimes like abuse and assault which are not taken seriously when actually reported. But sure the Tumblr tag will cinch it.

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