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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down11·2 years agoI would say that most people with empathy do not find humor in double homicide.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33arrow-down8·2 years agoDallas police can murder people legally. I don’t have empathy for roving gangs of state-sanctioned murderers.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down14·2 years agoThat’s the sort of non-empathic “some people deserve to die” attitude that keeps the death penalty around.
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down6·2 years agoEmpathy for rapists and murderers is NOT the reason I’m against the death penalty.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11·2 years agoThey’re human beings too. Why are you in the position to say anyone deserves death?
minus-squareOmega@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoI am against the death penalty. I do believe some people deserve death. But I also don’t think anyone should have that authority over someone who isn’t a threat. So yeah, I agree that I’m not in a position to say that someone deserves death.
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I would say that most people with empathy do not find humor in double homicide.
Dallas police can murder people legally. I don’t have empathy for roving gangs of state-sanctioned murderers.
That’s the sort of non-empathic “some people deserve to die” attitude that keeps the death penalty around.
Empathy for rapists and murderers is NOT the reason I’m against the death penalty.
They’re human beings too. Why are you in the position to say anyone deserves death?
I am against the death penalty. I do believe some people deserve death. But I also don’t think anyone should have that authority over someone who isn’t a threat.
So yeah, I agree that I’m not in a position to say that someone deserves death.
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