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I think there are two angles here worth highlighting. You're talking on a personal level, which of course, police vary in their personal traits. But mostly, wh
by JauntyHatAngle 7y ago
I think there are two angles here worth highlighting. You're talking on a personal level, which of course, police vary in their personal traits.
But mostly, when people say "cops suck" they're talking about the institution. The ingrained nature of how they conduct themselves as an organisation.
Bringing it to a personal level is not really the focus for institutional change or the main criticism people have for police.
- zdragnar 7y ago> But mostly, when people say "cops suck" they're talking about the institution Dehumanizing groups of people isn't constructive. Telling someone they suck, chanting "fry them like bacon" at protests, etc then pretending that it isn't personal is disingenuous at best.
- lonelappde 7y agoIt's not a fair comparison to say "don't stereotype" as though race/religion/ gender is an equivalent category as an organized team of professionals who join up together for a common purpose in not just in one way but two (the force itself, and then again the union)
- zdragnar 7y ago"Cops" isn't an organization, or an institution, they are people. Insulting people, pretending it is a criticism of an institution, then replying with a pithy "dont take it personally" is dehumanization. That would be like saying "professors suck" then insisting that no, you aren't insulting professors, you are criticising the academia. It's intellectually dishonest. It is pretending that professors aren't people, they are nothing more than a representation of a synthetic power structure.