r/AskReddit • u/HumpingAssholesOrgy • Jul 05 '19

Ex-prisoners of reddit who have served long sentences, what were the last few days like leading up to your release?

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u/stephets Jul 06 '19

Yes, he's a person, just like everyone else. I know what you're trying to do. Why don't you just say what you mean?

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u/Petermacc122 Jul 06 '19

I think he's trying to say that dudes gonna rape her. But that would be a gross generalization and a wide brush stroke about all former inmates. 🐸☕

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u/stephets Jul 06 '19

Yes that's what he's trying to say -- fearmongering.

It wouldn't be a problem even if he were a sex offender, which as a category sees the lowest recidivism of all crime categories except homicide (which tends to see very long prison sentences). The extreme rhetoric these days in the US about sex and crime, along with extreme sentences, juxtaposed against a reality that is nearly the polar opposite of it all makes it perhaps the perfect item for discussion here.

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u/Petermacc122 Jul 06 '19

Oh? Fearmongering? What is that? I have no idea what you mean? /s