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I'd be careful to generalize from the almost certainly distorted view you have of the "facts on the ground". Also keep in mind the irony of weaponizing sweeping

I'd be careful to generalize from the almost certainly distorted view you have of the "facts on the ground". Also keep in mind the irony of weaponizing sweeping generalizations against a particular group of people. You should naturally expect some amount of badness in almost any sample of humans, including the police. It might also help to empathize with a cop on the ground in this situation when police stations have literally been blown up.

fzeroracer 6y ago
A few things: First, I didn't realize blue was a race now. Or are we not allowed to criticize the police state? Does your 'sweeping generalization' rule also apply when we criticize things like the Chinese government because 'I'm sure some of the politicians are good people'? Second, you don't say. The problem is that the police have zero accountability. They get away with murder and assault like in [1] or [2] or [3] and for what? Can you tell me what laws they violated? Are you personally going to go out there and hold those cops accountable for what they did? It sounds like you should go outside and get the real view of what's happening on the ground. [1] https://twitter.com/imactuallynina/status/1266912627193774080?s=20 https://twitter.com/imactuallynina/status/126691262719377408... [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/nypd-officer-shoves-woman-george-floyd-protests-video-2020-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/nypd-officer-shoves-woman-ge... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/minneapolis-protests-press.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/minneapolis-protests-p...
fzeroracer 6y ago
Here's another one for you: Police shooting at a woman on her own property [1]. Are all of those cops the bad ones? Should I empathize with them assaulting someone on their own property? [1] https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225 https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225
scarface74 6y ago
Why in the hell should I “empathize” with a police department that tried to cover it up until video was shown? You should naturally expect some amount of badness in almost any sample of humans, including the police. And the “badness” seems to only affect people who look like me... But as Chris Rock said... Well, it’s not most cops. It’s just a few bad apples. It’s just a few bad apples.” Bad apple? That’s a lovely name for murderer. That almost sounds nice. I’ve had a bad apple. It was tart, but it didn’t choke me out. Here’s the thing....But some jobs can’t have bad apples. Some jobs, everybody gotta be good. Like … pilots. Ya know, American Airlines can’t be like, “Most of our pilots like to land. We just got a few bad apples that like to crash into mountains. Please bear with us.”
wpietri 6y ago
It's true that we need to be careful about generalization. But in the 6 years since Ferguson, nobody has done so much to convince me of the deep systemic problems in police departments as the heads of police unions. Time after time after time they have made it clear whose side they're on.

fzeroracer 6y ago

A few things: First, I didn't realize blue was a race now. Or are we not allowed to criticize the police state? Does your 'sweeping generalization' rule also apply when we criticize things like the Chinese government because 'I'm sure some of the politicians are good people'? Second, you don't say. The problem is that the police have zero accountability. They get away with murder and assault like in [1] or [2] or [3] and for what? Can you tell me what laws they violated? Are you personally going to go out there and hold those cops accountable for what they did? It sounds like you should go outside and get the real view of what's happening on the ground. [1] https://twitter.com/imactuallynina/status/1266912627193774080?s=20 https://twitter.com/imactuallynina/status/126691262719377408... [2] https://www.businessinsider.com/nypd-officer-shoves-woman-george-floyd-protests-video-2020-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/nypd-officer-shoves-woman-ge... [3] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/minneapolis-protests-press.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/minneapolis-protests-p...

fzeroracer 6y ago

Here's another one for you: Police shooting at a woman on her own property [1]. Are all of those cops the bad ones? Should I empathize with them assaulting someone on their own property? [1] https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225 https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225

scarface74 6y ago

Why in the hell should I “empathize” with a police department that tried to cover it up until video was shown? You should naturally expect some amount of badness in almost any sample of humans, including the police. And the “badness” seems to only affect people who look like me... But as Chris Rock said... Well, it’s not most cops. It’s just a few bad apples. It’s just a few bad apples.” Bad apple? That’s a lovely name for murderer. That almost sounds nice. I’ve had a bad apple. It was tart, but it didn’t choke me out. Here’s the thing....But some jobs can’t have bad apples. Some jobs, everybody gotta be good. Like … pilots. Ya know, American Airlines can’t be like, “Most of our pilots like to land. We just got a few bad apples that like to crash into mountains. Please bear with us.”

wpietri 6y ago

It's true that we need to be careful about generalization. But in the 6 years since Ferguson, nobody has done so much to convince me of the deep systemic problems in police departments as the heads of police unions. Time after time after time they have made it clear whose side they're on.