• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    “We have to punish you because of what those other people are doing to legitimately evade punishment” is only a useful argument if the punished group can somehow cover for those not affected.

    • Yggstyle@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Exactly. It’s a tired argument that’s been made in a lot of different mediums. It’s not worked in any of them.