"We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime"
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Bianca Jagger’s line lands like a reprimand delivered through clenched teeth: a reminder so obvious it becomes accusatory. The power isn’t in philosophical depth; it’s in the fact that she has to say it at all. By choosing “supposed to,” she frames the statement as a baseline social contract - something already agreed upon, already written into the moral operating system. That phrasing quietly shames whoever’s acting otherwise, as if they’ve missed kindergarten-level instructions on how law and civilization work.
The real target is packed into “those we suspect.” Suspicion is messy, contagious, and often political; it’s how fear gets dressed up as certainty. Jagger’s subtext is that the moment a society starts treating suspicion as conviction, it’s not just flirting with violence - it’s normalizing it. “Committed a crime” is deliberately generic, too, making the quote portable across contexts: vigilante justice, police overreach, paramilitary crackdowns, the public’s appetite for instant punishment. She doesn’t argue case law; she draws a bright moral line and dares you to cross it.
As a celebrity-activist, Jagger’s intent is strategic: plain language that can travel through headlines and TV clips without losing its bite. It reads like a response to an atmosphere where the state (or the crowd) feels entitled to execute first and verify later. The point isn’t nuance; it’s restraint - and the accusation that restraint is slipping.
The real target is packed into “those we suspect.” Suspicion is messy, contagious, and often political; it’s how fear gets dressed up as certainty. Jagger’s subtext is that the moment a society starts treating suspicion as conviction, it’s not just flirting with violence - it’s normalizing it. “Committed a crime” is deliberately generic, too, making the quote portable across contexts: vigilante justice, police overreach, paramilitary crackdowns, the public’s appetite for instant punishment. She doesn’t argue case law; she draws a bright moral line and dares you to cross it.
As a celebrity-activist, Jagger’s intent is strategic: plain language that can travel through headlines and TV clips without losing its bite. It reads like a response to an atmosphere where the state (or the crowd) feels entitled to execute first and verify later. The point isn’t nuance; it’s restraint - and the accusation that restraint is slipping.
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| Topic | Justice |
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