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Most people don't know how the police operate. Growing up, my stepfather was a police officer, and I have no idea how they operate. Other than the big stories o
by adamdusty 5y ago
Most people don't know how the police operate. Growing up, my stepfather was a police officer, and I have no idea how they operate. Other than the big stories of officers getting off with essentially murdering people, I don't think people are too dialed in to law enforcement.
- mkr-hn 5y agoI had a relative who thought the police were mostly fine until the 1960s when all that changed was they had TV cameras turned on their violence. Somehow the "bad apple" meme got corrupted: one bad apple does, in fact, spoil the bunch! It's a chemical thing.
- stavros 5y agoIsn't the "bad apple" proverb exactly that one of them spoils the bunch? What did it get corrupted to?
- mkr-hn 5y ago"One bad apple doesn't spoil the bunch" in response to police violence. This happens to phrases a lot. Also consider: "pull yourself up by your bootstraps!" when the original purpose of that phrase was to mock the absurdity of the notion. edit: Merriam-Webster did a blog post on it https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-spoil-the-barrel-metaphor-phrase https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/one-bad-apple-...
- stavros 5y agoHm, right. It must be a corruption, because AFAIK the original proverb is "one bad apple spoils the bunch" (because of the chemical thing you mentioned).