It was dinnertime on October 30, 2024, when police handcuffed Brittany Patterson in front of three of her four children and drove her to the station in
You can bury your head in the sand all you want, but Republican fascism is now in full swing. You aren’t insulated from it just because you make smug internet comments.
What I am wondering is what this publication is leaving out of the story in order to sell their perspective on everything. Maybe it’s nothing and this really is just a DCFS gone mad (there are certainly cases in which this is true), or maybe there’s more to the story and they are just glazing over it to make things sound better to their point of view.
Either way, this is a Republican run state which is the party that likes to court libertarians so I am pretty skeptical of everything regarding this.
Cognitive dissonance. People (especially libertarians) don’t associate Republicans with regulations and laws controlling people’s behavior even though Republicans are deep in bed with religious movements that are trying to codify the Bible as law.
So you think this woman deserved to be arrested?
Parent comment: this is culture war libertarian agitative propaganda
You: yeah but don’t you feel agitated? Please debate me on culture war shit
I think the only response you deserve is a poop emoji.
You can bury your head in the sand all you want, but Republican fascism is now in full swing. You aren’t insulated from it just because you make smug internet comments.
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What I am wondering is what this publication is leaving out of the story in order to sell their perspective on everything. Maybe it’s nothing and this really is just a DCFS gone mad (there are certainly cases in which this is true), or maybe there’s more to the story and they are just glazing over it to make things sound better to their point of view.
Either way, this is a Republican run state which is the party that likes to court libertarians so I am pretty skeptical of everything regarding this.
I’ve heard this story before, it’s not a new incident. It’s also getting a lot of coverage from lots of media.
Similar story, 2014: https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/31/living/florida-mom-arrested-son-park/index.html
2022: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/texas-child-protective-services-waco-heather-wallace-b2226799.html
2014: https://slate.com/human-interest/2014/07/debra-harrell-arrested-for-letting-her-9-year-old-daughter-go-to-the-park-alone.html
2015: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/04/13/parents-investigated-letting-children-walk-alone/25700823/
Hasn’t the last 20 years or so proven their actions very differently from their claims?
Cognitive dissonance. People (especially libertarians) don’t associate Republicans with regulations and laws controlling people’s behavior even though Republicans are deep in bed with religious movements that are trying to codify the Bible as law.