Nathan Newby set to receive George Medal for stopping a potential atrocity with an act of kindness

A hospital patient who managed to talk a man out of detonating a bomb in a maternity wing said the would-be attacker “asked for a cuddle” before standing down.

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    Well, I’ve talked two mentally ill neighbors out of stabbing each other before, had to physically get between the both of them, when they both had knives… but that takes the cake as far as conflct de-escalation goes.

    This is the guy you want training the police.

    Not ex-IDF mercs, as is shockingly common.

  • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It’s fucking real. People, and not just men, but people in general, need more attention. It doesn’t have to be physical, not everyone wants that, but just a simple, genuine, “Hi, how ya’ doin’?”

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      4 months ago

      I appreciate the sentiment, but from my learning it seems more likely we just need to start teaching men how to live a life of solitude, no one really wants us around.

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        4 months ago

        Then your learning is teaching you bullshit designed to isolate you and push you yet further into the toxic masculinity circlefuck.

        It’s true that no-one likes a misogynistic, self-entitled prick though. If you were actually suggesting that you’re upset that that shit is largely seen for the pathetic attempt to hide one’s inadequacies and insecurities that it is, you won’t find as much sympathy for that as you hoped.

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        4 months ago

        How? Seems like a great employment opportunity for incels and cops and ice after we lay them all off.

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        4 months ago

        No no no. You misunderstand. I’m saying we fill the brothels with comfort men – make it a requirement that they must have a history of being a cop or have other fascist illness.

        Give free brothel stamps to all the other poor white fascists as customers.

        This is the solution to the US fascism problem.

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            3 months ago

            Wut. I’m not forcing them.

            It’s welfare for fascists to get what they need and stop harassing others.

    • HubertManne@piefed.social
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      4 months ago

      I think we need to not worry about how effective it might be but just implement it and see. Its to important. Also we can fund it with money taken from the military budget. We need to literally make love and not war.