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		cool_dude85 on Sept 27, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A journey into the shaken baby syndrome/abusive he... >Parents should never have to give up their rights in the name of "safety". You can be forgiven with this opinion if you have not met or spent time around the types of parents whose children genuinely need to be taken away: neglectful, abusive, and extremely harmful to their kids.

DrThunder on Oct 2, 2023 [–]

This is like agreeing with a judicial that treats people as guilty until they're proven innocent.

Bad things happening in some cases is not justification for treating everyone as a criminal. That's how totalitarianism starts.

chpatrick on Oct 6, 2023 | [–]

You're always arrested before being proven guilty in court, this is the same situation.

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