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> Whoa. I've never had a comment of mine so wildly misread. You even managed to throw in a personal attack and a diatribe against all of HN. Incredible. You d

> Whoa. I've never had a comment of mine so wildly misread. You even managed to throw in a personal attack and a diatribe against all of HN. Incredible. You disagreed with a post that suggests that this wasn't the case. As for the personal 'diatribe,' I've argued this POV here before these recent events to a great deal of opposition as if it was a non-issue. Its in my post History of you care to find it. I even quoted a person in the thread denying the validity of these claims, as if they're even really needed to discern the obvious. > We're in total agreement that the entire system is corrupt. I can't for the life of my understand why you interpreted my comment to mean anything else. Your post doesn't seem to suggest that, but if that's the case then I apologize if you think I was vilifying you. But understand this is visceral for some of us that have been in the same position and have had our Lives thrown into disrepute for no other reason than 'pissing off' someone with a badge and a gun and saw no recourse for their violent behaviour. I'm ultimately glad this happened, if only it allows the country to see what kind of despotism has creeped its way under the guise of Security since 9/11 that is normally kept out of sight from most People. I mean did you see this recent article of the Pentagon targeting GenZ 'terrorists' in some perverse simulation in 2018: https://theintercept.com/2020/06/05/pentagon-war-game-gen-z/ https://theintercept.com/2020/06/05/pentagon-war-game-gen-z/

mthoms 6y ago
Have a look at the quotes I was specifically replying to. I was simply disagreeing with the idea that we should ignore everything and anything that former or current police have to say about what's wrong with the system. I think that's true especially in the context of this blog post. That is, someone who has (allegedly) served "the system" and now sees how pervasively evil it is. Of course, I'm not suggesting we should give their input undue weight or that we shouldn't take it with a huge grain of salt. In fact — we may ultimately decide to ignore it altogether but.... the more information we have the better. Your apology is accepted, thanks. I'll attempt to clarify what I wrote. And wow, the link you posted is positively terrifying. I hadn't seen it, but I'm a big fan of what The Intercept does. Cheers.

mthoms 6y ago

Have a look at the quotes I was specifically replying to. I was simply disagreeing with the idea that we should ignore everything and anything that former or current police have to say about what's wrong with the system. I think that's true especially in the context of this blog post. That is, someone who has (allegedly) served "the system" and now sees how pervasively evil it is. Of course, I'm not suggesting we should give their input undue weight or that we shouldn't take it with a huge grain of salt. In fact — we may ultimately decide to ignore it altogether but.... the more information we have the better. Your apology is accepted, thanks. I'll attempt to clarify what I wrote. And wow, the link you posted is positively terrifying. I hadn't seen it, but I'm a big fan of what The Intercept does. Cheers.