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BringTheCat789 on scored.co
1 year ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)
Exactly. If something is shamed, if you do it, you do it in private. This means you do it less, and you don't passively encourage other people to ride your bandwagon. That mechanism is incredibly powerful, even if it doesn't completely eradicate it.
I believe that decriminalization of drugs can work and be a good thing, but every time it is tried, it is 1) inherently tried in a place that has already socially destigmatize drug use and 2) used as an excuse to not arrest or prosecute for tangential crimes. If we decriminalize drugs, but still prosecuted for public intoxication and still viewed drug usage as shameful, we would be more successful than we are today where it is illegal.
Likewise, if we keep porn legal, but still prosecute for exposing minors to it, viewing it in public, etc. and still viewed its consumption as shameful, we would be in fantastic shape
I believe that decriminalization of drugs can work and be a good thing, but every time it is tried, it is 1) inherently tried in a place that has already socially destigmatize drug use and 2) used as an excuse to not arrest or prosecute for tangential crimes. If we decriminalize drugs, but still prosecuted for public intoxication and still viewed drug usage as shameful, we would be more successful than we are today where it is illegal.
Likewise, if we keep porn legal, but still prosecute for exposing minors to it, viewing it in public, etc. and still viewed its consumption as shameful, we would be in fantastic shape