3 ms·

> We should be reacting to this the same way we respond when someone shoots up a school or hospital. I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic, but we, as in the

• ty6853 2y ago
  Nah we do something. We threaten to break the probation of anyone going in to save their children, beat up parents trying to get in, then scroll on our cell phones and furiously maintain hand hygiene with sanitizer while standing outside the door. The lesson is clear. Fight your way in to get your kids or die trying. No one is coming to help.
  • danans 2y ago
    You are confusing a specific situation (a particular school shooting) for the general problem (the cultural and legal circumstances that give rose to school shootings).
  • ARandomerDude 2y ago
    Not sure why this comment is being downvoted. This is a literal description of the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, TX. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting
    • daveguy 2y ago
      This example (Uvalde) is probably the worst handled mass shooting in the history of police work. GP is being downvoted because it's a hyperbolic strawman.
      • reverendsteveii 2y ago
        when something actually happens it ceases to be a strawman. it might not be a representative sample (though the SRO running away and then going to court to fight for his right to run away after the parkland shooting does lend some credibility to the idea that we shouldn't expect help from the police, as does the police fighting in court to assert that they have no duty to protect people in the wake of that subway stabbing), but it is within the realm of possibility.
        • daveguy 2y ago
          Okay, then whatever the fallacy is of picking the absolute goddamn worst example possible and saying it is somehow representative.
          • reverendsteveii 2y ago
            I was able to provide two more examples off the top of my head. Maybe cherrypicking isn't as wrong when you're in a cherry tree.
            • daveguy 2y ago
              Except you gave a completely unrelated example and just repeated your first one. Maybe if you were in a cherry tree you wouldn't need the worst examples for propaganda purposes.
              • reverendsteveii 2y ago
                The first example was Uvalde, where police waited outside. The second example was Parkland, where a cop on campus left during the shooting, was sued for leaving and successfully defended in court his right to abandon the children he was hired to protect. The third is Lozito v NYC, in which police were sued for hiding from an attacker and, again, argued successfully in court that they have no duty to defend anyone from anything at any time. These all relate back to the original comment, that police aren't going to help in times of mass violence. Lozito and Parkland also undercut the argument that these were exceptions, mishandled incidents. In each case, the police actually went to court to establish a legal right to abandon citizens in times of danger. That's the difference between a one-off outlier and a systemic problem: instead of accountability, there has actually been institutional support for police that ignore their responsibilities.
      • mring33621 2y ago
        How is it hyperbolic if it actually recently happened?
        • daveguy 2y ago
          See other response.
      • jjav 2y ago
        "Strawman" means it is a fabricated argument. Whereas this is an account of what literally happened. Basically the exact opposite of strawman.
        • daveguy 2y ago
          Not necessarily. "Strawman" can also mean taking the most absurd example of something and propping it up as representative because it's easier to tear down.