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Has Violence Against Teachers Become Accepted by Society?

148 points · 332 comments · obscurette

Molitor5901 · 1790605879 · focus · HN ↗
I agree with the author, violence against educators has become normalized, but it's also been a fault on both sides. Both sides have lost respect for one another, and the reasons why depend a lot on politics and social issues. It almost mirrors the strife between citizens and cops: each side entrenching believing they "know what's best" and the other side be damned.
1. ryanmcbride · 1790606254 · focus · HN ↗
  Ah yes, the two equally immoral sides of "stop killing unarmed black men" and "no we like doing it". I simply don't know who to side with!
  1. guywithahat · 1790607009 · focus · HN ↗
    I don’t think that view holds up to data, for instance you’re more likely to get shot by police as an unarmed white person than black person, when adjusted for population/crime. Even ignoring this, the number of unarmed black people shot per year is usually <20, so it’s not like the problem is endemic.

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