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Ooooh, hard disagree. Just because I live in a place where the police claim jurisdiction doesn't mean I consent to it. Their threats don't protect me any more
by wonder_er 4y ago
Ooooh, hard disagree. Just because I live in a place where the police claim jurisdiction doesn't mean I consent to it.
Their threats don't protect me any more than I protect myself with threats against others. Which I don't. I'm big on consent.
Do not say something so nakedly condescending and dismissive of my stated views.
Do you do this to others?
'i don't consent to [...]'
'sure you do. [...]'
For your sake and those you interact with, I hope the answer is 'no'.
- leereeves 4y agoWhether you consent to policing or not, police exist, and they protect you from people who don't rely on consent. You can't absolve yourself of that by simply denying it. You'd need to make it clear that anything you temporarily possess is free for the taking and that people are free to assault or kill you without police response (and somehow convince the police to honor your wishes).
- wonder_er 4y agoYou and I have a different mental model of how policing works. I think you are both believing the propaganda about the existence of policing agencies, and projecting your beliefs about them onto me. Police don't protect people from people. People don't not assault and kill others because of police. There's abundant counterfactuals I could list that demonstrate that people generally don't avoid unethical behavior because of the police. And, police are often the originators of unethical behavior. I humbly propose that you grow your mental model of policing in America to a more sophisticated level. Marketing is not reality.