r/MurderedByWords • u/JerryJr99 • Jan 31 '25

#1 Murder of Week Your response is concerning, Bobby!

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u/RedditIsADataMine Jan 31 '25

  He was a heroin addict for 17 years and had a brain worm! This is the best we’ve got?!?!?

I don't see why either of these things would disqualify him? Let's stick to the anti vax stuff. 

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u/TerribleIdea27 Jan 31 '25

Plenty of reasons

1) blackmail vulnerabilities

2) getting addicted in the first place means poor impulse control

3) potential brain damage

4) heroin is an addiction for life. If he was addicted for 17 years, he's still addicted. He's just clean (we presume)

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u/starterchan Jan 31 '25

👏 We need to start calling out drug addicts more. There should be a registry so that we can avoid hiring them, I know once someone admits to having done drugs I would NEVER hire them. Addicts are disgusting, as you correctly point out.

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u/TerribleIdea27 Jan 31 '25

I mean to a certain extent I think we should treat it with understanding and compassion. However, there should be consequences to being addicted, like not being able to care for children or hold office.

But we shouldn't make punishments too hard, or you'll just end up creating extra barriers on top of stigma and law enforcement to addicts coming clean and seeking help