• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    This is a country that proudly raped prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

    It’s a country that believes prison rape within the state system is part of the punishment for criminality. Literally “don’t drop the soap” used as a threat aimed at people accused of crimes.

    Old enough to remember how D.A.R.E. officers would recount sexual assault in prisons as a means of scaring people off drug use. Americans deeply and indelibly believe in the power of corrective rapes. It is embedded in our culture.

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      2 hours ago

      Previous boss was a Coastie that was deployed for prison duty. I made a lot of snide rapist comments when I was pissed at him.

    • Pistachio@lemmy.zip
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      4 hours ago

      I mean, the only reason most of the founding fathers have descendants is because of the rapes, so its pretty much a founding principal