Polls: Society & Politics

Murder is higher in death penalty states than nons. Doesn’t mean it’s causation. But the culture of a death penalty state may be the cause.

As they say, abuse begets abuse. Murder begets murder.

Hey! We got a Barack Obama Elementary School after all...

Does it really accomplish anything?

They apparently are allowed to have cameras in their court to film demos for Court TV. Wouldn’t that influence judgements as they’re trying to be more dramatic in their auditions?

Also, civilians can’t bring cameras into court without judge’s permission even if it’s their case.

Obviously rain in a natural thing. But it's been sooo much lately! Maybe humans are largely responsible for the extreme?

Don’t get me wrong, I have just as much love for my country as anyone. I don’t see why the national anthem is something that is necessary in today’s world.

If you're a centrist, round to right-wing (in school, kids are taught to round.5 to 1) because we live in a capitalistic society (depending on which country we are in).

There’s not an extreme left wing.

This is specifically about the key suspect in the Idaho University quadruple murder incident. I am not going to say the suspect’s name. But Google if you want to know.

Anyway I got three major issues about law enforcement releasing a suspect’s identity and mugshot to the public. It’s realize it’s likely inevitable that their identity would come out anyway. But why the hell do the police have to release this information when there is no confession or conviction?

Here is why I think police should keep a suspect’s identity sealed until at least a criminal trial starts:

#1: You are supposed to be guilty until proven innocent. But mass media attention results in the opposite

The US justice system is supposedly based on fairness to prevent mob justice and witch hunts.

But given the advent of mass media & online communication everybody knows instantly about someone and quickly formulate their own opinion while making it near impossible for a suspect to tell their side of the story thoroughly.

There were also media reports on how the suspect supposedly acted aggressive & creepy towards female restaurant workers (but didn’t do anything criminal).

Seriously what the hell does that matter when there hasn’t been a trial yet for the suspect? It also poisons the well & makes juror selection much more difficult. Everybody knows who this guy is now making it more difficult for a juror to be impartial. But what if he’s innocent?

#2: Suspects gain infamy and attention which can result in copycats

Some deranged individuals seek attention no matter what. Making accused & convicted serial killers famous only makes this more morbidly enticing for psychos.

#3: The suspect’s family suffers greatly

I don’t blame innocent relatives of the criminal for the heinous (alleged) actions someone else committed. Especially when the suspect is a legal adult.

Why expedite this undeserved shame for the family by releasing a suspect’s full identity?

Anyway this really needs to change. Fuck the media.

Who was more responsible for this deadly day?

Some are crazy. To reject all of them rejects questioning things

https://www.isidewith.com/profile/4912764288/parties

Yes, that's me ^

How this California governor candidate sides on the following themes:

Decentralization vs. Centralization (extremely towards decentralization)
Religious vs. Secular (slightly towards religious)
Privacy vs. Security (moderately towards privacy)
Politically Incorrect vs. Politically Correct (moderately towards politically incorrect)
Nationalism vs. Globalism (moderately towards nationalism)
Right Wing vs. Left Wing (moderately towards right wing)
Libertarian vs. Authoritarian (centrist, fifty-fifty)
Laissez-Faire vs. Keynesian (moderately towards laissez-faire)
Unilateralism vs. Multilateralism (slightly towards unilateralism)
Pacifism vs. Militarism (slightly towards pacifism)
Tough vs. Tender (slightly towards tough)
Traditional vs. Progressive (moderately towards traditional)
Protectionism vs. Globalization (extremely towards protectionism)
Meritocracy vs. Democracy (slightly towards meritocracy)
Small Government vs. Big Government (moderately towards small government)
Deregulation vs. Regulation (moderately towards deregulation)
Anthropocentrism vs. Environmentalism (moderately towards anthropocentrism)
Individualism vs. Collectivism (strongly towards individualism)
Assimilation vs. Multiculturalism (strongly towards assimilation)
Isolationism vs. Imperialism (strongly towards isolationism)
Capitalism vs. Democratic Socialism (centrist, leaning towards capitalism)

I really don’t trust dentists. I feel like they’re always trying to grab unnecessary money. Oh yeah, let me pay you $300 out of pocket when nothing in my mouth is bothering me just for you to put me in pain. That sounds great

(Tell me if I missed any people in the Wall of Scumbags.)

I don't want to be "negative" as I said I'd focus on more positivity for 2023, but I've been thinking about this since this morning, so all day now. It came from a GAG user who was talking a copious amount of sh*t to me. While most of it was false assumptions, stereotypes, and lies, one thing that resonates with me that they said, that I agree with, is that men and women tend to suck nowadays. Most people seem to be trash.

Yet on this site, a few misinformed people on here seem to think I "hate women," even though I often state that so many people in general seem to act selfish and destructive nowadays. Like, I DON'T want to be a negative person, but it's what I see daily; on the street in real life, and on the news and online.

While people in the real world aren't nearly as bad a politicians and the ones you see on
Libs Of TikTok, I rarely come across good people anymore. But for some reason, speaking out against the awful women of society is "sexist," but speaking out against the awful men of society is A-OK.

So this question is to ask all of you:
Do most people in society suck, is it just a few people who suck, or is one gender worse than the other?