Interesting. A lot of leftist orgs came to the ones in my area. The DSA specifically was there signing people up for their mutual aid program. Maybe it was a geographic issue.

Yet another sign of a diseased society. Whether the disease will be terminal remains to be seen.

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Unfortunately there are plenty of non-boomers who think this way too. It’s not really a generational thing.

The problem is most people didn’t even notice that, let alone remember it later.

It could also be considered torture I suppose but I think there are a few details to note here. First, it’s mainly unpleasant during the insertion. Once it’s in there the discomfort is much less. Second, I don’t think the discomfort is going to compare to actual pain from surgery.

I don’t have experience with these in the prison situation but in a normal medical use, the tube would be left in so only a single insertion is necessary until the tube needs to be replaced some time later, usually around a month. However, I suppose if the prisoner is committed to the hunger strike, they could pull it out to force a re-insertion each time. I’m not sure how common that is.

The g-tube isn’t any faster and can still be pulled out (albeit it’s more difficult and painful to do so) so I really don’t see any advantages to using that. In a normal medical situation, the g-tube is typically recommended when a long-term feeding tube is needed, like months to years. This doesn’t seem likely in a hunger strike situation.

There’s no need for surgery to keep a healthy adult alive. The article does not mention any medical condition that would require a surgical g-tube placement. This requires justification or it’s just straight up torture, even within the twisted logic of prisons.

I’d prefer they release him or otherwise address whatever’s causing him so much distress he’s choosing not to eat. But barring that it’s his decision whether to eat or not and they shouldn’t be force-feeding anyone.

But we don’t even need to get into that because my comment was really asking why a surgical g-tube would be even considered over the far less invasive ng-tube which is typically used for force-feeding. Without any justification given it has the appearance of an unnecessary surgery being used as torture with a thin veneer of legal and medical justification.

Disgusting. What possible justification is there for this barbarism?

Fair point but it doesn’t sound like that’s why she’s being sued.

Sinema fucking sucks but this seems like an incredibly stupid law. Why would she be responsible for this other guy’s behavior? Even if she enabled it, it was his decision to cheat.

Nah this is pretty consistent with his stances throughout his career. He’s more of a libertarian than a republican. And a real one, not the cosplay kind where they’re only pretending to oppose welfare programs.

Won’t someone please think of the children?!

Yes, I try really hard to do what’s right and I think deeply about that that means. However I do have some negative emotions that can lead me astray in the moment at times. But not so much as to outweigh the good things I’ve done.

Does double jeopardy work differently in different states? That’s quite confusing…

Could this be a scheme to protect him via double jeopardy?

Ok I think you might be right, maybe it does apply then.

Oh true. What does that mean in this context?

They’re also not part of the military so I feel like this may not apply? I dunno I’m no legal expert.

This is the correct decision, just for the wrong reasons.