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I'm right there with you on this - it has been a rather rapid descent, but we are culling the quality people out of the core professions that form the fabric of society - police, medical/first responder, teaching, clergy, press, science (farmers and small businesses too, but not as directly from this issue). Front-liners have always been getting spit on and mistreated, but when you don't get any support, validation, or protection it will wear anybody out. Then all you have left are the people who took those jobs for the wrong reasons (that art teacher isn't going to mind a little classroom misbehavior to keep such a cozy and fulfilling position).
And as an aside, I think it should be a felony to assault ANYBODY physically, or to threaten serious violence. Along with a justice system that will actually stand behind penalties. But if you show people a world where society is too lazy, cheap or hypocritical to actually stand behind the laws, then you are basically telling them it isn't important and they can do whatever they want.
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