As he pulled his luggage through downtown New Haven, Conn., a woman handed him a flier describing his new city as crime-ridden and dangerous. It listed alarming local crime statistics and instructed students to “remain on campus,” “avoid public transportation” and “stay off the streets after 8 p.m.” Illustrated with a picture of the Grim Reaper, the flier wished students an ominous “Good luck.”

But perhaps most jarring was the source of the flier, listed plainly in its text: the union that represents Yale’s own campus police.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/nyregion/yale-police-fliers.html

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[–] 67 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

Imagine growing up with this mentality, being so scared of "outside", public transport, walking alone, etc... how this can influence the sensibilities, the mindset, and finally the politics of the people involved? Young adults that are requested to be indoor at 8pm in front of their computer or phones doing bullshit alone; either idealizing or demonizing a world they don't know and they don't want to know.

And that's supposed to be the country's elite, lol. This gated community mentality is and will be absolutely detrimental for everybody involved.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was raised like this and it fucked me up. Wasn't even allowed to take a walk around the neighborhood because my dad said I might get "kidnapped". Being so extremely sheltered exacerbated my social anxiety and to this day I have a need to hide in my room alone a lot. I think it also kept me with racist and lib beliefs for a while. If daddy doesn't let you see evidence to the contrary, then you believe what he says about "those bad people" and you hide more.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    And that's supposed to be the country's elite, lol

    Imagine how quickly they'll fold with guns turned on them. Big talkers with wet pants.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    Unfortunately, American society is sort up entirely to help these young pants-pissers avoid getting their hands dirty. They are the elite, so they get to tell the dead-eyed psychos to have you murdered.

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