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Texas man ticketed for feeding the homeless outside Houston library is found not guilty (apnews.com)

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A man has been found not guilty of breaking a law against feeding homeless people outside a public library in Houston, Texas.

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[–] nogooduser 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But is it “just as complicit”?

Doing a bad deed has got to be worse than knowing someone was doing the deed and not doing anything about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Which isn't even the case. One party is kicking puppies while standing in full support and solidarity of each other's big, heavy boots. The other party says we shouldn't kick puppies, but isn't able to muster enough collective support and organization to actually make it stop.

And this guy is saying the ones against puppy-kicking are just as complicit as the puppy kickers in kicking puppies simply because they have failed to stop the puppy kicking, with the implication that we shouldn't support either "side". The real result of following advice like this is that puppies never stop getting kicked.

The intent of bothsidesing is almost always to stealthily support disenfranchisement. It serves the objectives of the right.

Criticize the reps for what they do wrong. Vote in primaries. Write your elected officials. Demand better. Don't create these false equivalences that only make it easier for the GOP to continue a regressive, anti-civil rights campaign to make the world worse.