Quote (ofthevoid @ Feb 23 2023 11:28am)
Your whole analogy is basically reflective of the common status quo, and once again as I've already said, externalizes everything. It makes no difference if the media highlights crime statistics to me tbh. That was the status quo in the 80s and 90s and now the pendulum has swung completely in the other direction with neither being good ways to actually solve issues. The point is to not make people afraid, the point is to have an honest and balanced conversation because honestly that's the first step to try actually address the underlying issues. Instead we're spammed with a handful of police brutality cases every now and then and programmed to think that if only this small piece is solved everything will fall into place, meanwhile ignoring the elephant in the room.
if you're looking to the media to figure out "how to solve the problem" that's a serious issue. if you look to pro CJ reform politicians they have a diverse platform of strategies we can and should use. parole reform, bolstering public defenders, sentencing reform, housing projects, educational projects, community programs.
everyone knows the solution, no one likes the price tag. and why is the price so high? because the issues were put off by generations of americans who decided to blame the individual, and ignored macro issues. and your take is we still cant fix macro issues until CNN focusses more on micro issues? please. these initiatives die on the senate and house floor regularly, die in state senates regularly, and fail to escape town hall meetings regularly. but if the local news calls it like it is that wont happen?
honest conversations are great for some things, this issue is so obvious it doesnt need honesty. there's too many people immune to honesty for tribal and cost related reasons.