LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoHow many calories per day are prisoners given to eat?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareHow many calories per day are prisoners given to eat?LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoI don’t know, but by calling inmates criminals, you are 1. Assuming guilt, and 2. Implying that crime is their identity, which is pretty short-sighted and dismissive. Call them inmates.
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoHow does the word “criminal” imply that crime is their identity?
minus-squaretheotherone@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoEveryone had told a lie at one time or other in their life. Are you a liar or a person who has told lies? There is your answer.
I don’t know, but by calling inmates criminals, you are 1. Assuming guilt, and 2. Implying that crime is their identity, which is pretty short-sighted and dismissive.
Call them inmates.
How does the word “criminal” imply that crime is their identity?
Everyone had told a lie at one time or other in their life. Are you a liar or a person who has told lies? There is your answer.
Yes they are.