#punitive

[howifeltabouthim]

Even when it was not my fault, I was lectured on the imperative of responsibility, a sitting dog being told to sit.

Amy Hempel, from The Dog of the Marriage

[lunasalix]

Rejecting a child who looks up to or respects you as a mentor because of some aspect of their identity, mental health, or physical health (including addiction) might be one of the worst traumas you could inflict.

Children need patience, love, and compassion to develop healthy coping skills, relationships, and self-esteem. Rejection robs them of these capacities as they struggle to understand why they were deemed unlovable to a person they trusted to care for them.

This isn't just about family. Teachers, school systems, mentorship programs, religious institutions, and unaffiliated extra-curricular programs are also responsible.

My step brother died believing that he was unlovable, worthless, and a burden. He was rejected by his biological father at a young age. He was rejected by teachers and peers for untreated ADHD. He was targeted and rejected by school officials for an empty ziplock bag with trace amounts of Marijuana that he didn't even know was in his car.

That was the straw that broke him. His expulsion and enrollment into alternative school took the last of his motivation and sense of self-worth and set him into a downward spiral, leading to the 2 years of addiction that took his life. There are so many others like him.

We have to re-think punitive measures in dealing with children. Restorative justice is the only way forward, in all dealings with minors and young adults. This might be my new mission in organizing, but at the very least, I want to share his story in the hopes that it will help someone else.

[dichotomoustessellations]

Punitive justice is ethical if it’s used on all members of ICE

[blackyouthproject]

How prison-based thinking warps a lack of empathy for "deserving" victims to harm the vulnerable

How prison-based thinking warps a lack of empathy for “deserving” victims to harm the vulnerable

Editor’s Note: sexual violence and mention of rape

I’ll admit it: I have a sort of macabre fascination with true crime. My fiancé is always making fun of me for it, and it’s not a trait I’m super proud of, to be honest. I recognize that how the media handles the sensational abuses they document often fuels the objectification of abuse victims, the very thing that helps perpetuate abuse in the…

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[p-u-n-i-t-i-v-e-blog]

Ya no quiero que nadie cuide de mi.

No quiero que me abandonen como la última vez.

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[bigtwan83]

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#Repost of @sabahfakhoury - A #StLouis #Missouri #jury yesterday ordered #JohnsonAndJohnson to pay a record $4.69 billion to 22 #women who alleged the company's talc-based products, including its #babypowder, contain #asbestos and caused them to develop #ovarian #cancer. The jury award was comprised of $550 million in #compensatory damages and $4.14 billion in #punitive #damages. #JJ plans to #appeal the decision. The company is battling 9,000 #talc #cases & says decades of studies show its talc to be safe and has successfully overturned previous talc verdicts on technical legal grounds. Source: #NBCNews

[moneymasteryhubonline]

US and China agree to one-year pause on punitive tariffs

Donald Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, have agreed to a one-year pause on the punitive Trump-instated tariffs that are at the heart of the ongoing trade war between the two superpowers. Among the issues discussed when the two leaders met face-to-face in the South Korean city of Busan were China’s chokehold on rare earth metals and the export restrictions on NVIDIA’s AI chips. Trump had…