Defund the Police

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  6. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey cynicism isn't wisdom, it's surrender.

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    for expecting cops to be trained and capable of doing their job rather than simply being the biggest gang in town?

    I mean, I get that you love ignoring the actual point of things, like how "defunding" has always been about "reforming" to make an otherwise imaginary one. Just, could you try to be a little more complex than the writership of your source? I mean “Anti Police activist begs the police to help,” is an obvious misrepresentation but also what the entire schadenfreude of the "article" relies on.

    Do you ever ask yourself why you find so much joy in the misery of others, seemingly the more desperate and destitute the better?
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    For explicitly advocating for defunding the police. Don't try that fucking weaselly spin doctor bullshit.


    No the fuck it is not.

    She's happy to leave everyone ELSE vulnerable to property crime, so yeah. Fuck her and everyone like her.
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    Ah, I see.

    This is UA's "Oh, you cheered Luigi? Let's see how you like YOUR views causing you issues!" attempt.

    Defund The Cops in no way leaves the cops incapable of fighting crime, since they have fucking runaway budgets.

    But he'll ignore THAT.

    Meanwhile, I see the GOP are championing Trump's pick for head of the NIH, because "with a $48B budget they should be making more breakthroughs in fixing illness".

    The cops had a budget of over $135B in 2021 and there's far fewer fucking criminals than bacteria, viruses or cancerous mutations.
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    The reason being they don’t like being told shit they don’t want to do anyway isn’t really their job so we should hire people who actually can do those jobs.

    Yea, I can see how that would stick in someone’s craw.
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    Of course. You see, it’s the cruelty that’s the point for him. Not the merits of this or that, but can he laugh at someone who’s suffering.
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    Being secure in person and property as a prerequisite for contributing to civilization is the point. I don't care if the shitbag thief suffers or not.
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    But we’re not talking about the thief . We’re talking about the person who was robbed and you laughing at them.
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    :wtf:

    The fuck I am. You are misreading something.
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    This you?

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    What’s so funny, if not the suffering of someone who was robbed?
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    Ah. Ok, you're right, there. I am absolutely laughing at that complete assclown getting exactly what she was advocating for, not anyone else or the broader category of "people who were robbed."
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    It was the NY Post. If they based the story on reality it was deformed to make stupid people like UA happy with the cruelty and didn't happen like that . It is a fictional rag for barely litterate repug animals.
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    Everyone take note: UA has admitted that he was wrong. Too bad he’s insincere about it.
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    the only weasley spin here is you , sweetheart.. .trying to turn defund into "abolish". try a better lie, m'kay?

    it was the NY Post that labels her as an "Anti police activist" rather than an "advocate for police reform"

    but you've already dismissed that to fit your own prejudgements.

    that last bit is your speculation, and perhaps a justification to allow yourself to find joy in the suffering of others... especially when they've dared speak up.
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    But not punched Nazis.
    Punched Nazis get the sad clown opera.
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    That's what the NYP does. They would call you a Canadian radical antifa terrorist just to squeek another sperm from the UA ragegasm
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    I would love to dig up her quotes about thieves and property crime, but they seem to be disappearing from search results. You'd love it. Tons of coddling and sympathy for shitbag thieves.
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    Uh-huh. I'm sure.
    Considering you almost never can back up your BS claims, I'm gonna go with "they never existed" on this one.
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  23. Spaceturkey

    Spaceturkey cynicism isn't wisdom, it's surrender.

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    perhaps... but you'd have to produce'em and your record of doing so hasn't historically been all that hot.

    Isn't "coddling and sympathy" a dichotomy you've created? My general point of view has pretty much been "in spite of" whatever they've done (or in this case, what they've said) because I figure lives in the moment are a priority over past behaviour. I think you've got shitty attitudes, but other than wallowing in your own self imposed misanthropy, have I ever wished you ill? And here you are pointing and laughing at another's misfortune, wondering why you're perceived as a shit excuse of a human.
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    Pregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in labor

    Source: https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-12-19/pregnant-kentucky-woman-cited-for-street-camping-while-in-labor

    We live in a truly fucked up country. The US is a third world country wearing a Gucci belt.

    It is my sincere hope that this cop is hit by a bus.
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    Crazy thought. If you don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out, DON'T MAKE BABIES.

    And it's an obvious manipulation tactic to make an ailing pregnant woman your poster child, instead of the far more common violent, theiving addicts shitting in your bushes and breaking into your car.
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    Okay. So I guess fuck her and her kid then, in your opinion.
    This is why no one respects you.
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    Your repect is worthless, and there is a huge difference between "fuck her and her kid" and pregnancy being a shortcut past accountability. None of which addresses the fact that her example does not represent the actual complaints people have about these situations.
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