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I see that as a response to the bullshit practice of locking up people for pot possession. No one should be stigmatized for life for being caught with a couple of grams of weed; ditto a poor person who has been locked up for petty theft, for another example.One for the clown world file:
Illinois lawmakers want to change the term offender to “justice impacted individual.”
That’s right up there with pedophiles now being referred to as “minor attracted adults.”
Soon rape will be known as “non-consensual sexual activity.”
Murder could be “unauthorized termination of life.”
The Democratic lawmakers supporting Illinois bill claim diversity and equity will be enhanced with the name change and lessen the stigma of being an offender.
Brilliant
Rape is already known as non-consensual sex by definition. Murder is intentional homicide by definition. If your point is we should treat criminals like criminals, then I agree except more care needs to be taken to ensure we're not fucking up someone's entire life for minor offenses or picking on people because of their ethnicity. Until that happens, their decision seems reasonable to me.