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i don’t have an offhand solution to patriarchal family violence, nobody does. but pretending that we have solved this, or it’s just because of individual people, is part of what prevents us from actually addressing this festering societal evil.
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
yes, exactly. For instance when you look at statistics about violence, DV stands out as one of the most dangerous, and potentially fatal harms. The carceral system does nothing to address this and often delegates cops to mitigate the situation (40% admit themselves to being domestic abusers).
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
That’s correct, people have been trying since forever. so something like Me Too, a huge social shift in thinking about patriarchy and power, is not able to happen again? or multiple times in a way that has lasting effects on society?
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
That’s correct, people have been trying since forever. so something like Me Too, a huge social shift in thinking about patriarchy and power, is not able to happen again? or multiple times in a way that has lasting effects on society?
i’ll take any bit away from the carceral system i can with the hope of permanently dismantling it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
i’ll take any bit away from the carceral system i can with the hope of permanently dismantling it.
yes, disingenuously summarizing it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
yes, disingenuously summarizing it.
i’m not familiar with Gillis and having a hard time finding stuff about KYLS. can you point me in the right direction?
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 AM
i’m not familiar with Gillis and having a hard time finding stuff about KYLS. can you point me in the right direction?
the more power we take away from cops and prisons the more we restore power to the community they supposedly serve. we need both. bsky.app/profile/cop-...
the policy is less coercive and violent systems (i.e. cops and prisons) and building community accountability infrastructure instead. all the concrete policies you describe align with that.
especially, as you said, splitting up the duties of a cop to people without guns that might actually help.
especially, as you said, splitting up the duties of a cop to people without guns that might actually help.
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
the more power we take away from cops and prisons the more we restore power to the community they supposedly serve. we need both. bsky.app/profile/cop-...
i see i see, my bad!
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 AM
i see i see, my bad!
the policy is less coercive and violent systems (i.e. cops and prisons) and building community accountability infrastructure instead. all the concrete policies you describe align with that.
especially, as you said, splitting up the duties of a cop to people without guns that might actually help.
especially, as you said, splitting up the duties of a cop to people without guns that might actually help.
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
i’d love to know more about what you mean by twelve philosophies in a trench coat. what abolitionist literature have you engaged with that gave you that impression?
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
i’d love to know more about what you mean by twelve philosophies in a trench coat. what abolitionist literature have you engaged with that gave you that impression?
"rip policing out root and branch and start over" is an abolitionist statement
November 17, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"rip policing out root and branch and start over" is an abolitionist statement
i’m not ashamed to admit i don’t hold all the answers. i’m not authority on this. i’m not even a scholar of abolition besides my personal interest. as i said above these are giant problems that will require ALL of us to solve. that starts by admitting the problem.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
i’m not ashamed to admit i don’t hold all the answers. i’m not authority on this. i’m not even a scholar of abolition besides my personal interest. as i said above these are giant problems that will require ALL of us to solve. that starts by admitting the problem.
you got me, just virtually every single prison. and completely change the last one to maybe actually rehabilitate people.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
you got me, just virtually every single prison. and completely change the last one to maybe actually rehabilitate people.
no one is saying there shouldn’t be consequences or accountability or even removing people from society. baseline we need to agree that trigger happy cops and torture camps are not the solution.
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
no one is saying there shouldn’t be consequences or accountability or even removing people from society. baseline we need to agree that trigger happy cops and torture camps are not the solution.
asked and answered, bucko bsky.app/profile/cop-...
thank you for engaging with such respect! I agree that there is a (very small) percentage of people who might just have violent tendencies so far outside of being compatible with society that they must be confined.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
asked and answered, bucko bsky.app/profile/cop-...