#but when fairness rehab justice and grace are suddenly thrown out the window when you don’t like someone… well. that’s not any different | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

an-ivy-covered-summer · 2 months ago

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i think that some people have fully lost the plot. maybe i’m just a cupcake, but idk, i personally think that if you want to abolish prison and death penalty and you want rehabilitative justice to exist, you kinda shouldn’t rejoice when people who were in clear need of help and who were victims of abuse in a toxic environment before they became abusers themselves die.

like, i don’t know, but i do think that death is kind of a fucked up thing to wish for people who fucked up if you preach about changing the system, making the world a better place, owning up to your wrongdoings and the harm you’ve caused and becoming a better person, and redemption. whether you like the people or not.

maybe it’s just me, but it does feel hypocritical and makes everything you say about social justice performative at best. but what do i know!

#this just comes from a place of being like. scared of people #it’s scary to think of people who want to decide who deserves rehab and redemption and who doesn’t getting in positions of power #it’s not that different from what we have now tbh but y’know. sounds bad bc it seems to come from people who most days claim to be fair #and i’m not saying they are not within their rights of disliking and feeling repulsed by people who abuse others #they totally are. and i don’t think you even need a ‘problematic’ reason to dislike someone #about the case that’s bringing up these thoughts. i didn’t even like this person anymore. i think he did fucked up things and hadn’t owned u #to those things. which sucks. but i wouldn’t have wanted this outcome bc i’ll always want people to learn and apologize and get better.#but the thing is #but when fairness rehab justice and grace are suddenly thrown out the window when you don’t like someone… well. that’s not any different #than the systems we currently have in the world #again. maybe i’m just too dumb or too delusional. but oh well

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