Does that make them undeserving of rehabilitation and reintroduction into society? There's surely a broader discussion to be had about conditions contributing to acts of crime besides the person arbitrarily choosing to do them, and whether prison is an actual deterrent to crime, but even if we assume all crimes are simply a matter of choice, does that make my first question less pertinent?

CT needs to do a lot more too. Housing, occupation, etc. You can't take someone's life away, brand them a criminal, and then expect them to re-enter society. Our priorities are trash.

We can shop for more than one day at a time. You should get more (paid) time off.

Like when people suggest privatizing libraries. First they'll be free, then they won't, suddenly a substantial economic class loses access to information and resources.

Cyberpunk 2077 and a mid-tier six pack.

Love to see support for the workers here! Eversource is a garbage company but that's not on the labor, they're out here doing what matters.

Kinda like when stock trading apps halted gamestop transactions because independent traders were causing losses for hedge funds.

That sounds amazing, I'll look forward to it.

I'd join it. I live in an apartment right now but I've been increasingly interested in sustainable food options since covid. I've done a little work helping a couple of the community gardens around Hartford and Waterbury build plant beds but that's kind of the limit to my experience.

If you're cold they're cold, bring your guns in the house.

> “The intention was to target Sikhs and people who wear head gear,” said Khalsa. “After 9/11, we all know, terrorists attacked America. But how it was done through the media. They never said that Sikhs are not those people or that the Muslim community is not a bad community.”

Worth noting US media is no less guilty today of this kind of scare mongering.

Chantix and $185?

Were you touching yourself when you typed this?

Your username reminds me of the Lizzie Borden bed and breakfast, which was one of the first touristy things i did when i first moved to ct. It was fuckin weird lol. Memorable though, this was in like 2007.

I guess those other incidents are what I'm asking about. Who's making this argument? It seems like kind of a strawman for people who point to social conditions as a reason for crime.

Yeah no problem, like i said I'm not criticizing you personally for giving to people in need, that would be absurd and counterproductive. Thank you for feeling compelled to give.

The Salvation Army has a pretty well documented history of denying help to queer people. They've officially changed their stance on the matter but I'm not sure if their course correction has actually been demonstrated by their work

I'm not gonna criticize you for giving to anybody in need but there are more inclusive charities out there.

What are you saying here? Is somebody making this argument?

> illegally striking an officer with a motor vehicle

Is there a legal way?

Did you miss where we're being murdered with guns? What would you have us do?

I literally did not, please reread the comment. But since you brought it up, the people i mentioned are all scare mongering about grooming to incite gay panic. I didn't specifically call them out for being on the right but point to someone on the left making the same claims and my accusations can be leveled at them just as well.

"If we represent the oppressed then it's only fair we represent the oppressors too" is an absurd cop out. As a queer person i don't particularly care whether a a pride flag flies at town hall or not because it's a performative measure that makes no material difference and isn't an indicator of actual representation. But, if they claim the reason they won't fly it is because they're not capable of making informed decisions about any other flag going forward, then they're not competent representatives.

You're completely correct about all flags being political.

Oh i see, you're arguing with op, this has nothing to do with me.

I'm not sure what their gender has to do with us defending ourselves. They attacked a queer space. It was an intentional attack on queer people, regardless of the identity of the shooter.