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These pieces enrage people because it makes them feel they are being manipulated. Because as it shows they clearly are.

by tinus_hn 4y ago

rocket_surgeron 4y ago
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- genocidicbunny 4y ago
  > All hotbeds of police brutality, I'm sure. Hotbeds? Probably not. Problematic? Ooooh yeah. All four of your example countries have well established histories with oppressive and heavy-handed policing at various times throughout the last century, with incidents as recent as this year. If anything, you're providing strong evidenced that this is not an America-only problem, but a more general one that many societies with a police force will suffer from. The fact that duck rescue feel-good stories work outside of America ain't exactly a revelation from the burning bush.
  - orwin 4y ago
    Just a point : we don't have riot for the retirement age. Unions security forces won't allow it yet. It's just the largest manifestation and strike we have in years.
    - genocidicbunny 4y ago
      Perhaps on that point I was a bit misinformed then. I edited that out from my post above. With all that said, the French police aren't strangers to dealing with riots even in recent history, so I think my overall point above stands.
  - tablespoon 4y ago
    > This article is manipulating you more than the duck rescue articles. > Duck rescue stories have existed for as long as the media has. They are light feel-good stories often tacked on to the end of news broadcasts or space filler for newspapers.... > They do not appear in response to anything. They appear because ducklings always fall into storm drains.... > Anyone who thinks there is a coordinated campaign by police PR departments all over the country to improve their image after an incident of police brutality is an actual, literal, idiot. > This is older than time itself, and a global phenomenon. The GP shouldn't be flagged. They're absolutely correct, and that the fact their comment got flagged reflects poorly on HN. These stories are probably even more commonly written about firefighters than police, and a lot are even written about regular citizens: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34628962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34628962. If these stories are police PR meant to distract from police brutality, why write more of them about firefighters, city workers, kids, and other people?

These pieces enrage people because it makes them feel they are being manipulated. Because as it shows they clearly are.

rocket_surgeron 4y ago

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genocidicbunny 4y ago
> All hotbeds of police brutality, I'm sure. Hotbeds? Probably not. Problematic? Ooooh yeah. All four of your example countries have well established histories with oppressive and heavy-handed policing at various times throughout the last century, with incidents as recent as this year. If anything, you're providing strong evidenced that this is not an America-only problem, but a more general one that many societies with a police force will suffer from. The fact that duck rescue feel-good stories work outside of America ain't exactly a revelation from the burning bush.
- orwin 4y ago
  Just a point : we don't have riot for the retirement age. Unions security forces won't allow it yet. It's just the largest manifestation and strike we have in years.
  - genocidicbunny 4y ago
    Perhaps on that point I was a bit misinformed then. I edited that out from my post above. With all that said, the French police aren't strangers to dealing with riots even in recent history, so I think my overall point above stands.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > This article is manipulating you more than the duck rescue articles. > Duck rescue stories have existed for as long as the media has. They are light feel-good stories often tacked on to the end of news broadcasts or space filler for newspapers.... > They do not appear in response to anything. They appear because ducklings always fall into storm drains.... > Anyone who thinks there is a coordinated campaign by police PR departments all over the country to improve their image after an incident of police brutality is an actual, literal, idiot. > This is older than time itself, and a global phenomenon. The GP shouldn't be flagged. They're absolutely correct, and that the fact their comment got flagged reflects poorly on HN. These stories are probably even more commonly written about firefighters than police, and a lot are even written about regular citizens: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34628962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34628962. If these stories are police PR meant to distract from police brutality, why write more of them about firefighters, city workers, kids, and other people?