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Nope. State government is your best shot at a framework that might work.
National legislation will only make things worse as square pegs don’t fit into round holes.

i’m senior at montpelier high school. we just had a 1.5 hour lockdown and a bunch of armed cops storm the building as well as rumors of a shooter and two injured at the ER. some scary shit. fuck this country.

Gov released a statement earlier. Apparently it’s happening all across the state.

Not sure I've seen it implemented long enough anywhere. We'll have to watch results from what Burlington is doing.

So is Make Exile Great Again the archaic catchphrase of this upcoming election cycle? I'm not so sure id be ok with that considering we have sorta run out of planet to claim. This could monkey's paw pretty fast if codified into law.

I have a Pixel and I love the automated screening.

3D printing of homes is the answer. Google to find out what Maine is doing.

Rice got locked down, that was scary in the middle of geometry class

Well said Rama. Thank you for mentioning the intent. Any word can be hurtful is the intent is malicious.

I agree ☝️

“Only the strong survive” So are you admitting you are weak? Because that’s the vibe this is giving. You must really loathe the lesser-abled population. @sudden dragonfly is right, get your head out of your ass

See a ton in PA the closer you get to the Mason-Dixon Line. I surprisingly saw A LOT in California but primarily in-land. Can’t get much further away from the Confederacy out there.

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We got the call today also from the local school. Extremely unnerving, what would anyone have to gain by doing this?

The homeless population isn’t as migratory as you seem to believe. In my experience as someone who had been homeless and also worked for a nonprofit organization to help homeless people in central Vermont. Many would stay because they wanted to be close to there family, Stay close to where they work, or lack the means in order to move.

That’s neat I wasn’t aware that was an option.

Landlord welfare program with more steps.

You have to be the weakest, most pathetically insecure piece of shit to use any racial slur against anyone, let alone young girls.

It doesn't matter what slur it is, if it makes someone scared, intimidated or feel marginalized, you are garbage. The mind-blowing ignorance of racists is that the only way they can feel good about themselves is to make someone else feel badly about something they cannot control.

Get a life.

People in this sub love jumping to conclusions.

I concur, intent is what matters. What slurs and the context can give clues as to intent. Once you have a better handle on exactly what transpired, then you can more effectively address it in a manner that works the most efficiently.

This argument is like saying “I’m not racist because I have black friends”, and that isn’t how it works.

When you ask what slur is used, it puts the emphasis on the wrong thing: the word, when the issue is the intent of using these words. We don’t need to know the slur in order to change the behavior.

The hotel voucher program is not a landlord welfare program, it's what the legislature prefers to do rather than build housing.

That's fair, but uh... I'd also bet the farm it's domestic 99% of the time.

I still remember a news story from a couple months ago where a group of people sabotaged a power station and knocked out power to a few thousand people. The story got minimal coverage. Domestic terrorism needs to be taken more seriously.

The original commenter wanted to blame China.

for this shit

Fixed it for you.