• Drusas@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Such an infuriating article. Our country treats domestic violence like a joke and the smallest bit of political power like an impenetrable shield.

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    1 year ago

    So at what point do people in areas so corrupt that the mayor’s sons are able to murder blatantly and with impunity muster up a posse to take care of it themselves?

    People should lose the protection of the social contract of law when it stops applying to them.

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    1 year ago

    My wife grew up in this town. Unfortunately incest, statutory rape, and domestic violence is rampant and it’s partially due to cultural norms of the Inupiaq.