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- Comment on From the archive 1 day ago:
Police firearms are used far more often as a threat to force compliance thannthey are to defend life.
True, but you’re still almost certainly vastly overestimating either use.
By disarming most on-duty officers like a civilized country we’d have a more peaceful society because the police wouldn’t feel as empowered to escalate conflicts.
It’s possible, but in the interim there’d be a lot of deaths. The “civilized countries” you’re referring to don’t have the Second Amendment, a culture of violence, or (usually) as much distrust of government as Americans do.
Being a police officer isn’t a particularly dangerous job.
I never said it was.
Honestly I’m not going to bother reading the rest of your comment because you are repeatedly jerking the wheel into a conversation that you prefer to have rather than the conversation we were having and I’m getting bored of it.
- Comment on From the archive 2 days ago:
So you dialed in the last slice of my comment to argue the one point you wanted to pounce on because you sensed you weren’t winning the original argument. That’s interesting, but not surprising.
I’m not particularly violent, scared, little, or a bitch, but if you’re going to stake the entire rationale and funding behind the equipment and training modern law enforcement has on one guy who had zero say in even one agency, I think that’s pretty funny and also pretty typical of ACABers.
I think I wrote maybe one speeding ticket every two years or so? That was an extremely tiny slice of my job, but again, it is pretty typical ACAB perspective to have no idea what law enforcement does; that’s a fundamental building block of that kind of person - having no idea what you’re talking about but being enraged about it.
The funny part is you kinda answer your own perceived mystery on that bit. Yes, the gun is useless in 99.9% of police contacts (or more); that’s not what it’s for.
- Comment on From the archive 2 days ago:
The difference is every single place I go that isn’t a police station people talk shit about cops.
Someone who is employed to strategically and often deceptively visit consequence on you - while rarely helping you - will have no shortage of haters.
But at the same time, there are plenty of more adult and rational people who realize law enforcement isn’t worthy of universal and unconditional contempt.
You’re hated, and it’s not the unjustified hate of racism, intolerance, or ignorance. You’re hated because you actively choose to drain society’s resources while stimping on people’s rights. You should be hated.
Only by people that really haven’t thought it through, i.e. people that think “cops” is a monolith and they’re ideas rather than people - antagonists in the game of Fun Crime.
I’ve met plenty of ACABers and without exception they go from “omg u r evil” to “Oh, you’re a human being and law enforcement is more complex than I realized.”
Yeah - you may occasionally do something useful, but you’re a net drain on society and you should be ashamed of yourself and your entire profession for what you’ve become.
There isn’t really any political philosophy that thinks that way other than anarchists, and I view that “society is best when there are no laws” perspective as incredibly naive, so I shrug at your opinion.
Definitely not ashamed of what I did - hope that doesn’t trouble you.
- Comment on From the archive 3 days ago:
All [Anything] that doesn’t describe the definition is almost always wrong.
- Comment on From the archive 3 days 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.
- Comment on From the archive 3 days 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.
- Comment on From the archive 3 days 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.
- Comment on From the archive 3 days ago:
Nah, most people aren’t hostile towards the police. That’s a fantasy of yours.
- Comment on From the archive 4 days 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.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
Seems pretty clear to me I wasn’t using one of the niche definitions, but you’re welcome to accidentally or intentionally misunderstand.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
Either way, those aren’t “babies.”
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
I had no idea there was a market for eating human eggs. Seems like an extremely low Calorie:Cost ratio, but capitalism gonna capitalism I guess.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
I think you missed my point, but I’m glad you tried.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
So in your opinion they were doing a ridiculous roundabout way to assert “Use your best moral judgement?”
My money’s on them never replying to agree or disagree with your guess at their intent.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
The
fungenius* partIf you can make both sides of an issue think you’re on their side, you win both of their support.
- Comment on I'm right and the other vegans are wrong 2 weeks ago:
Radicalism is always stupid. Moderation is key.
How often do you eat babies?
Personally, I’m radically against eating babies.
- Comment on Paid Time Off Hypocrisy 3 weeks ago:
I used to beat this drum pretty hard until I learned/realized just this week that ostensibly this is so representatives can spend time amongst the people they represent.
Obviously there’s no strict laws governing what they do with their time and they are only accountable to re-elections for that, so the potential for slacking off is tremendous, especially in the age of R vs. D being virtually the only thing worth mentioning come election time.
“Sure, I’m never in DC working for you and I’m never back home listening to you, but at least I’m not a filthy [other party]!” is a convincing argument for a staggering percentage of American voters.
- Comment on Disgusted 3 weeks ago:
This is a great ragebait comment, but everyone’s missing the obvious response:
So?
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 4 weeks ago:
That’s more illegal than I can openly suggest.
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 4 weeks ago:
Fair enough. My hackles are usually up thanks to how people treat me.
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 4 weeks ago:
I’m aware.
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 4 weeks ago:
Because people are more comfortable letting homeless people starve or freeze to death than they are with shooting them.
Same reason people are happy to buy ham from the grocery store but would feel uncomfortable slitting a pig’s throat.
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 4 weeks ago:
Ooh, free lock-picking practice!
I don’t think it would be illegal to non-destructively unlock that lock.
- Ex-cop
- Comment on Is there an easy way to check to see if a post was removed? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah.
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- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, fear is a very potent emotion that can be directed by manipulators.
Always be skeptical of someone who appears to be feeding you fear fuel.
- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 1 month ago:
A very good point that differs from your previous.
Goal-post moved and scored.
- Comment on President Trump reacts to President Biden’s cancer diagnosis: "I don't feel sorry for him" 1 month ago:
Then that’s a you-empathy problem.
As I said, most of humanity does not rise to the occasion when their number comes up. Biden was no different.
You didn’t stop Trump either. I hope you don’t get cancer, and if you do, I will extend my empathy your way.
- Comment on President Trump reacts to President Biden’s cancer diagnosis: "I don't feel sorry for him" 1 month ago:
Nah, I still extend empathy to people who didn’t do enough. That’s like 99% of humanity.
- Comment on Drop your unpopular opinions here because c/unpopularopinions is filled with popular opinions 1 month ago:
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