I was recently at a government office, and noticed they had posted pictures of sex offenders on the wall across from the restrooms, so the public would know who to look out for.

[delcj@mas.to]

@dianea ah, so he is a local man—thank you for the explanation @alice

[mattblaze@federate.social]

@eric @zzeligg @alice What bothers me here is that the above should be *obvious* to any reasonable person, but the Mastodon Scold Squad wants to reduce everything expressed here to inert, bland pablum.

[raft2551@techhub.social]

@spockrocket
Yes, in government buildings there usually are official photos displayed, mainly at the main entrance or other significant place. Not 8x10s scattered around.
@alice

[ra6bit@infosec.exchange]

@zzeligg @alice You're right, pointing out someone is a pedophile is just as bad as what the pedophile did..

[davidm_yeg@beige.party]

@zzeligg

Calling people out for the actual choices they actually make in power and privilege is never a problem.

On the other hands, choosing to defend them through tone policing is pretty sus in my books.

@alice

[flipper@mastodonapp.uk]

@zzeligg congratulations, you have unlocked the next level of internet trolling and are now halfway to earning your false equivalency badge.

I suspect that your first sentence is a lie, though, so that loses you a few points. Try again later.

@alice

[zjb@mastodon.social]

That's honestly kind of unsettling. It feels like a really awkward and maybe not-so-effective way to handle public safety.

[s_wilson@mastodon.uno]

@spockrocket @alice here in Italy we got a picture of the president in most public offices

The president has no executive power here, his (we still wait for the first woman) role replaced the king and it's called the guardian of the constitution, so I guess the message of the picture here is "we got no king, we chose our head of state with a democratic and bi-partisan procedure"

[azurekingfisher@mastodon.art]

@alice who's in the photos? Alt text didn't tell me.

[micrackbiron@mastodon.social]

@alice bwahahaha! well it could've been that too. you know what I meant