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Originally Posted by FallawayJumper
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yes there are some bad cops who need to be disciplined or prosecuted
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and yes, many police departments need reform
but the protesters want you to disparage all cops
that's not right
cops risk their lives every day for our safety
they want to blame all cops for the crimes of a very few
that's not fair
yes it is fair. the supposed "good cops" cover up and protect the bad ones. but at this point it is very hard for me to believe that there are more than a minisucle amount of good ones anyway.
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would they think it's fair to call a peaceful protester a looter?
yes if that peaceful protester was involved in helping the looters burn and rape and murder and steal like the cops do.
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defunding the police is a horrible and ridiculous idea
do they think that some community action committee can respond to a drug deal shooting? how about a rape? a community action committee is going to catch and jail a rapist? real doubtful
do you have any idea how much money gets pumped into the police departments in our country? while all other public amenities like schools, health care, social security, roads, food stamps, etc are getting slashed we are giving 100s of billions to the police.
and whats the money for? just recently there was a story of a small town police dept using it to buy a friggin grenade launcher. look at the protests and you will see the cops have like 5k dollars worth of armor and arms on them during these things. I read that it costs 100k to get a new car and they get new ones every couple years.
so while I certainly think that we should abolish the police, that is not what the word "defund" means. it means stop giving them infinite money while the population is uneducated and barely at subsistence with no public amenities.
(and yes I do think a community action can find a rapist and would likely do far better than the corrupt police that just throw the closest black person in jail but again words mean things and defund does not mean abolish and implement a "community action". since that should be obv I gotta think you are being intentionally disingenuous.)
the far, far out new left has the potential to split the Democratic Party in a similar way to the way Bernie split the party
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although it's probably unlikely because of the great dislike of Trump, still, it's a distinct possibility that they could cause Trump to win
if Bernie had been nominated I would not have voted
if the new left controls the Democratic narrative I will not vote
I'm sure there are many that feel this way
right well you arent left. you arent even a shitlib. you are extremely right wing and your idealogy has caused more pain and suffering than anything else in history and is the reason so many in this country are completely ****ed.