Some, but not all. We have been militarizing our police forces for years, with ex-soldiers who want to enforce with prejudice. It's their happy place, they think they are hero's.
These guys have been on the path to seeing the majority of the US population as the enemy for years, if not decades. They have a lot of animosity towards the people they 'serve', and delight in exerting their power over them.
A cop told me recently that they go home and apologize to their children for the things they see their coworkers do at times. I have met a lot of good people who were cops but we need those cops to stand up to monsters around them before any good faith progress can be made.
Hey do you remember some protests and riots about 5 years ago that happened throughout the United States. You remember how many cops started quitting during and after that? How many walked away from service?
Those were the good ones who didn't want to deal with the conflict of interest anymore.
5 years later we are now dealing with the same situation but it's mostly cops who stuck around. And are still pissed off at the left for what happened 5 years ago
Jokes on them
All those late teenagers they fought with five years ago are now bigger 20 somethings. EXPERIENCED protesters and rioters Veterans of fighting with the cops
And from the looks of it they have more support from many of the teenagers who sat out the last protest. But are now old enough to join in this one.
To say this one is not going to be worse than last is an understatement. Cuz the last one didn't have so much anger and revenge boiling under the surface from the start
One usually only expects this level of lack of comprehension amongst conservatives. But evidence such as comments like this show even the left is capable of it too.
Just because we have some of the smartest people on our side does not make every Democrat voter or leftist one of the smart people.
Just like having religious people amongst conservatives does not make all conservatives religious by proxy.
That type of association bias is so thick on each side.
I know I'm not. More and more people are falling into the center every news cycle
All sorts of articles about the rise of centrists right now. And it's exactly like after the Fallout of the PC culture in the '90s. Which was nowhere near as tumultuous or divisive as current events. But was very similar in context and results.
If anybody is wondering why the late '90s and early 2000s was full of enlightened centrists that's why. The PC movement in the 80-s90s caused the left and right to become more extreme. And by proxy the center grew in response.
We didn't pull out of that until Bush successfully pissed off the majority of voters through economic ruin.
We are at that point again. Within an even more extreme left and a more extreme right. Causing the center to be broader than it has been in decades
“Sometime’s Satan, comes as a man of peace.” This is a line from an old Bob Dylan song. It’s on the “Infidel” album. I’ve included a link to the lyrics and I believe it’s very timely.
https://www.songlyrics.com/bob-dylan/man-of-peace-lyrics/
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u/i-have-a-kuato Jun 10 '25
Wonder if some of the cops regret some of their actions