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owlectomy ([personal profile] owlectomy) wrote in [personal profile] sasha_feather 2012-09-15 04:18 pm (UTC)

OK, I think you have just changed my opinion!

I mean, I'm really not a fan of punitive justice or the prison-industrial complex, but I think my attitude was sort of "Well, since we're not going to get rid of prisons anytime soon the punishment ought to reflect that a hate crime really can be worse than a crime with different motives."

Sometimes pragmatism is useful, but sometimes you can let slide some really bad stuff in the name of being pragmatic.

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