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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: Photos That Show That India Should Probably Shut the Fuck Up ... [View all]fujiyama
(15,185 posts)misses the point entirely.
Fuck the diplomat. In my mind, this shouldn't even be about her. This is about deeper problems with our criminal "justice" system altogether. First of all, why are non violent offenders, strip searched in the first place? Why are they being held with violent offenders? What kind of country is this? A police state is what. We now find it absolutely routine and are now desensitized to the fact that for any offense we can be humiliated by law enforcement. And if we think this is how a diplomat is treated, how about one of our own?
Minor traffic incident? Get a strip search. Light up a joint? Get strip searched. Steal a candy bar? Get strip searched. And thanks to Roberts, Scalia and the merry band of thugs, this is all "constitutional". And guess who sided with the police department in that case? It was our wonderful DOJ headed by Holder.
It doesn't fucking end. This whole rating about India and its perpetual misogyny misses the point entirely. But that said, I would be shocked if the Rude Pundit or others on this site would be dismissing this incident so nonchalantly if it were a white woman from a Western European country being treated this way. But because India treats women poorly, we can treat their's poorly too. I get it.