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So Arizona launched an “education hotline” that allows “concerned parents” to report “””critical race theory””” and other things like ~gender identity~ being taught in the classroom

It would be a shame if the number and email were spread to bad actors looking to prank call the AZ Department of Education

602-771-3500 or empower @ azed .gov 🤡

thinking about dl-6

thinking about how children are psychologically unequipped to deal with the fact that adults, who are supposed to be their protectors, can be chaotic, abusive, or even murderous

how children's minds automatically choose "i am bad" over "adults can be bad"

because "i am bad" provides a semblance of control, while "adults can be bad" means annihilation

means "i am a vulnerable child alone in the woods, and there's no one to protect me"

for miles, "i am a monster who killed his father due to a single act of impulsivity, and i will suffer severely for this every day of my life" was the far, far, far superior option

it meant "as long as I'm perfectly controlled, this will never happen again"

and "my ptsd serves as a just punishment for my misdeeds. the world is just, and justice is predictable"

the alternative, the truth, would demolish a small child: "an adult authority figure killed my father out of nowhere due to a random act of god (earthquake). my world is chaos and can be destroyed at any moment. i can trust no one and am fundamentally unsafe"

the child's perma-activated nervous system might believe this, but the child cannot believe it consciously. it is unacceptable

"i am evil" is the infinitely better option

"justice means a predictable, 100% conviction rate" is safe. phoenix's "justice means finding the truth" is life-threatening. because the truth can be random and filled with evil authority figures and wildcards like larry butz

miles couldn't fall for someone like phoenix "lives by the seat of his pants" wright. it would not only be ill-advised. it would be deadly

world-ending

it would annihilate him

"unnecessary feelings"? understatement of all time. apocalyptic feelings. sky is falling

to a traumatized child, "i am evil" equals life. "adults can be evil" equals death. but also,

"adults can be chaotic good" is death to a child too. the end of safety. dying in the woods while your erratic protector cross-examines a parrot

"i am a demon" means life. "i was never a demon" means death. and phoenix proved the latter

miles edgeworth didn't choose death. phoenix killed him.

officially decided that anyone who tries to divide the lgbt community is a fed. i dont care if you're not actually a fed, if you're causing infighting in a minority community then you're a fed who just isnt getting paid to be one. either apply for a job at the CIA or shut the fuck up