It’s a survival instinct. Take your gun and other weapons away while still wearing the outfit and you’ll see everyone start calling you out since their life is less on the line.
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HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
People generally don’t say that kind of thing to cops in the flesh, no. It’s mostly an internet thing.
Never minded being called a pig; pigs are very intelligent, sometimes cute, and usually friendly.
Never minded being called a racist; it’s always out of nowhere based on virtually nothing - because I happen to not be a racist.
Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah, I interact with people who know I was a cop all the time without a gun or the uniform. People are much less hostile to others when they don’t have a veil of internet anonymity.
punchmesan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
It’s a shame you’re getting down voted, seeming just for admitting on the Internet that you used to be a cop and not in the merits of your comment. Regardless of the sentiment people feel towards the police, it doesn’t change the fact that exceedingly few people would actually confront someone in real life like that, whether they are a cop, a healthcare CEO, or an AI bro.
Such people willing to make conflict in real life do exist, but they’re few and far between. This is a well-studied phenomenon…
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a shame you’re getting down voted, seemingly just for admitting on the Internet that you used to be a cop and not on the merits of your comment.
That’s
RedditLemmy for ya!Regardless of the sentiment people feel towards the police, it doesn’t change the fact that exceedingly few people would actually confront someone in real life like that, whether they are a cop, a healthcare CEO, or an AI bro.
True, and that’s kinda my point; the OP is built on a false premise.
Plenty of people in this thread huffing pure copium that everyone who’s ever been nice to me secretly hates me, when in reality some people like (ex-)cops, some are indifferent, and some dislike them. As you say, a rare % of the latter say something about it.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Trust me, guy, we’re thinking it because we can also see your gun in the holster.
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nah, most people aren’t hostile towards the police. That’s a fantasy of yours.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I work in for a municipal government, and our City Hall and police station share a building. We’re polite to the police just like we are with anyone else, but ALL of us that work on the admin side of the building talk shit about the police behind their backs and think they’re a bunch of overpaid thugs who are a net negative to the community.
It’s no different for you. People who hate you will still smile and say hello.
HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m sure they talk shit about you behind your back too; it’s part of the culture of employment alongside radically different positions.
That’s just how people are. You’re neither a visionary for figuring it out, nor particularly insightful for not realizing it doesn’t apply to you.
Again, I think you’re just vastly overestimating how much people hate the police because of the company you keep; echo chambers and such.