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0 pointssmackay6y ago0 comments

For a little cultural orientation, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scarlet_Letter

While redemption is one of the themes in the book sadly the internet has not quite developed that level of sophistication so we are stuck with denouncement/punishment.

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kstenerud6y ago

The redemption in the book is only for Dimmesdale, as his last dying act. For Hester, the recipient of the scarlet letter, there is no respite.

The point of the Scarlet Letter is that its victims are forever oppressed by the masses, and those near to the victim are made guilty by association.

It doesn't matter what the crime is; forever punishments are unjust, and prone to abuse.

magashna6y ago

These days you might as well become a hermit or kill yourself because there is no penance great enough to be accepted by some people.

kgwxd6y ago

You are forgetting who is President of the United States. The third choice is to go all-in.

Andrew_nenakhov6y ago

I support a theory that cases such as this are one of the main reason Trump got elected - some voters were just fed up. I also think that he'll get elected again, cause Dems are concentrating on impeachment instead of trying to understand & connect with his deplorable voters.

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