▲ 1407 ▼ An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 326 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 120 points 2 years ago* (3 children) U.S.A. The country where sociopathy is celebrated as a virtue by about half the population. If you had any doubts, the half is of course mainly Republicans. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably much less than half, but general apathy and the two party system distorts how that looks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't forget gerrymandering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And lack of term limits! permalink fedilink source parent [–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago More than half. Unbounded Greed is sociopathy (quite literally doing what's best for oneself without any consideration for others) and even a Deadly Sin according to the Old Testament and the normalization of sociopathy is a countrywide phenomenon (worldwide even). What we see here goes beyond the 'mere' "have no consideration for the suffering of others when acting in self interest" into an actual "make others suffer to serve some petty personal psychological need" - it goes beyond tyhe not caring about the suffering others when acting for personal upside maximization of sociopathy and into the actual vilany of harming others for personal enjoyment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I like to believe that it's not close, and that most of the republican voters have other strong opinions that align with the party. And thus the pro-quantity approach to birth rights is just something that follows the party even though they don't agree with it. I like to believe that. In reality, I haven't really spoken with or heard about any republicans who haven't shaped their opinion in order to align with the party they are voting for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (1 child) Probably much less than half, but general apathy and the two party system distorts how that looks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't forget gerrymandering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And lack of term limits! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (1 child) Don't forget gerrymandering. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And lack of term limits! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago And lack of term limits! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago More than half. Unbounded Greed is sociopathy (quite literally doing what's best for oneself without any consideration for others) and even a Deadly Sin according to the Old Testament and the normalization of sociopathy is a countrywide phenomenon (worldwide even). What we see here goes beyond the 'mere' "have no consideration for the suffering of others when acting in self interest" into an actual "make others suffer to serve some petty personal psychological need" - it goes beyond tyhe not caring about the suffering others when acting for personal upside maximization of sociopathy and into the actual vilany of harming others for personal enjoyment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago I like to believe that it's not close, and that most of the republican voters have other strong opinions that align with the party. And thus the pro-quantity approach to birth rights is just something that follows the party even though they don't agree with it. I like to believe that. In reality, I haven't really spoken with or heard about any republicans who haven't shaped their opinion in order to align with the party they are voting for. permalink fedilink source parent