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Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town

"I was not panicking as I know the roads and know he is mature enough to walk there without incident," says Brittany Patterson.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Angry, vindictive Internet dwellers love to identify with the left while arguing on behalf of libertarians. So long as Somebody On The Other Side is getting punished the specifics of self responsibility and internal consistency don't matter too much.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Angry and vindictive? You're the one hate-reading a community you clearly don't like

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

It's not hate reading, it's loving honesty. The article frames the story as an anti-government civil liberty issue, and the community is letting blind rage at the mention of a car create a blind spot over self-defeating libertarianism.