"prison abolition" is a hilarious position, because proponents respond to obvious, vital questions like "how will you manage serial murderers and rapists?" with "d-don't worry about it, things will be different, and because they'll be different, they'll be BETTER!"
but there's a better hypothetical: ask what they would want to happen if they were a victim of a hate crime. should the perpetrator be merely rehabilitated? locked away for an arbitrary amount of time? executed on the spot?
obviously, when people are unwilling or unable to consider even first-order consequences of a policy, expecting them to comprehend a hypothetical is a tall order. but it at least makes them look even dumber ;)
"I've done zero reading by serious proponents of this position and have based my understanding entirely on internet shitposts, therefor the position itself is nonsensical"
https://transformharm.org/ab_resource/what-about-the-rapists-and-murderers/
Imprisoning people isn’t the only way to reduce harm and violence, argue prison abolitionists. They offer alternative solutions.
A guide created to assist those who wish to identify resources on mass incarceration and prison abolition. This guide highlights selected Ne
Let’s unpack prison abolition and how the U.S. came to incarcerate 2 million people.
Read a fucking book.
Check out Prison Abolition for Realists - <p><b>A lucid guide to the radical politics of prison abolitionists</b> <p/>There is growing recog
A Handbook For Abolitionists, Online book, Originally published 1976
Also?
"what they would want to happen if they were a victim of a hate crime. should the perpetrator be merely rehabilitated?"
Yes.
That isn't a hard question.
