• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In my imagination there should be a department of deescalation specialists. No guns. No arrest powers. Maybe some snacks.

    As a teacher, I had to do home visits for every student in my homeroom. Two families threatened to kill me. One by siccing their dogs on me, the other by just shooting me. The entire purpose of my visit was just to meet them and let them know I care about their kids

    What do you do when these de-escalation specialists go to talk to a person who is crazy-posting, and have their lives threatened?

    I don’t ask this facetiously. I think this is a good idea. But these workers will run into situations like this, and more to the point, opponents of these programs will definitely bring this sort of thing up when trying to sway public opinion.

    I legit don’t have an answer.