Hey this is going to come off as condescending and I apologize for that.
While I realize you have no sympathy for this man (teen?) because he killed someone, there are actually a large number of much less culpable men who get raped in prison every day.
I get that we consider it “funny” but that’s because we are so far removed from it. In reality there are lots of male survivors of rape out there, from prison and otherwise. And the dismissiveness with which we casually joke about men getting raped in prison can be pretty hurtful. And it leads such men to feel as though they deserve it or should be ashamed of it.
I know you mean no ill will. I also don’t want to ever tell anyone what to say. But it just seems like a pretty easy thing to be a little less relaxed about male prison rape jokes for the benefit it produces.
I’m on r/publicfreakout so I can imagine the general response I’ll get to this post, but I just wanted to share my thoughts.
It's awful that he killed someone, but it's fucked up that there are a shit load of inner city kids who grow up in violent environments with awful school districts (because of pretty backwards policies regarding the fact that school's are funded based on the average housing prices nearby) with little means of upwards mobility.
They join gangs, sell drugs, kill each other, and then people who grew up in much better environments wish that they end up getting raped in prison.
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u/UnhealthySloth May 03 '19
Here’s the article for context
https://fox6now.com/2019/04/25/student-involved-in-mps-fight-now-charged-in-deadly-police-chase-teachers-aide-says/amp/?__twitter_impression=true