Tommy is in solitary confinement. That's meant as a short-term punishment for misconduct in prison -- not as a long-term sentence. Denying Tommy the right to visit with his friends, simply because of their politics, is illegal. They're mentally torturing him.
That's meant as a short-term punishment for misconduct in prison -- not as a long-term sentence
That might be what they say, but all of our countries have prisoners who they just consider so terrible they just throw them in there, often claiming its "for their protection." Dennis Rader is a well known American one whose been in solitary for decades now.
That's why its a terrible idea to give in to our justice boners and try to torture or cheer on the torture of criminals, including salivating for them to get raped or killed by other prisoners.
Because it always ends up with the definition of "criminal" getting expanded to include all of us, and the worst members of society feeling like heroes for getting to be monsters against "worse" ones.
Lisa Elizabeth, Tommy's former campaign director https://x.com/Lisaelizabeth/status/1884648083318849621
https://x.com/ezralevant/status/1884646705326415893
That might be what they say, but all of our countries have prisoners who they just consider so terrible they just throw them in there, often claiming its "for their protection." Dennis Rader is a well known American one whose been in solitary for decades now.
That's why its a terrible idea to give in to our justice boners and try to torture or cheer on the torture of criminals, including salivating for them to get raped or killed by other prisoners.
Because it always ends up with the definition of "criminal" getting expanded to include all of us, and the worst members of society feeling like heroes for getting to be monsters against "worse" ones.
I remember hearing a phrase from Sargon when he was getting out of his "classical liberal" phase. Dunno where he got it, but it sums it up nicely: