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Optimism tempered by experience is a healthy outlook that seldom disappointed.
So am I.I am a realist about not becoming one.
Optimism tempered by experience is a healthy outlook that seldom disappointed.
So am I.
But optimism is my default attitude.
But they are. They're public servants, and I'm the public.uhh no they are not. That's like saying the president is your employee. Just because our tax dollars pay for their services and salaries does not mean you are their personal employer. Man, I would love to see you argue with a cop using that logic lol
What American cops interpret as insulting is anything other than submissiveness.Yeah and you think insulting them is going to help them do that?
It should definitely be a crime to insult cops. They are there to do a job, which is keep the peace they should not have to deal with your ridiculeIn the news....
Kentucky bill would make it a crime to insult a police officer
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A bill moving through Kentucky's Senate would make it a crime to insult or taunt a police officer during a riot. Supporters say the bill targets people who unlawfully "cross the line" but opponents call it a blatant attempt to crush protests and a violation of First Amendment rights.
Senate Bill 211 mandates up to three months' imprisonment for a person who "accosts, insults, taunts, or challenges a law enforcement officer with offensive or derisive words," or makes "gestures or other physical contact that would have a direct tendency to provoke a violent response from the perspective of a reasonable and prudent person."
A person convicted of this misdemeanor charge could also face a $250 fine and be disqualified from public assistance benefits for three months.
How about insulting politicians?It should definitely be a crime to insult cops. They are there to do a job, which is keep the peace they should not have to deal with your ridicule
You shouldn't be able to insult soldiers for doing their jobs or teachers either. You can definitely criticise their work in a constructive way because that's necessary for positive changes to occur but mocking? Soldiers and police risk their lives and are put in positions that make them uncomfortable so that people can be safe. Do they really need our ridicule? Teachers as well have a huge responsibility with a severe lack of funding. Do they need to be mocked for something that potentially is largely outside their control?How about insulting politicians?
Soldiers? Teachers?
Cops have a great deal of privilege over us.
I'm loathe to give them such power too.
"Keep the peace?" They see their jobs as imposing order, stifling dissent, opposing change (improvement).It should definitely be a crime to insult cops. They are there to do a job, which is keep the peace they should not have to deal with your ridicule
Alot of riots affect the common people too (especially in recent history) they are there to ensure things don't spill out and affect other people in that community. Sure do u remember the riots in America where people were burning down social housing and local businesses? I'm not saying the police are perfect far from it. However they put themselves at the forefront of the violence to keep people safe."Keep the peace?" They see their jobs as imposing order, stifling dissent, opposing change (improvement).
"Keep the peace?" How are aggressive authoritarians supposed to keep the peace? Authoritarians don't want peace. They believe in force and strength.
If it's to be illegal to insult certain classes of people,You shouldn't be able to insult soldiers for doing their jobs or teachers either. You can definitely criticise their work in a constructive way because that's necessary for positive changes to occur but mocking? Soldiers and police risk their lives and are put in positions that make them uncomfortable so that people can be safe. Do they really need our ridicule? Teachers as well have a huge responsibility with a severe lack of funding. Do they need to be mocked for something that potentially is largely outside their control?
No problem with teachers. We lefties support them. You righties are the ones who disrespect them.You shouldn't be able to insult soldiers for doing their jobs or teachers either. You can definitely criticise their work in a constructive way because that's necessary for positive changes to occur but mocking? Soldiers and police risk their lives and are put in positions that make them uncomfortable so that people can be safe. Do they really need our ridicule? Teachers as well have a huge responsibility with a severe lack of funding. Do they need to be mocked for something that potentially is largely outside their control?
If it's to be illegal to insult certain classes of people,
what classes deserve less such protection?
Police officers arnt a class it's a role. I suppose some context is neccessary.If it's to be illegal to insult certain classes of people,
what classes deserve less such protection?
You shouldn't be able to insult soldiers for doing their jobs or teachers either. You can definitely criticise their work in a constructive way because that's necessary for positive changes to occur but mocking? Soldiers and police risk their lives and are put in positions that make them uncomfortable so that people can be safe. Do they really need our ridicule? Teachers as well have a huge responsibility with a severe lack of funding. Do they need to be mocked for something that potentially is largely outside their control?
True, riots affect everyone. So why do police keep inciting them? It's police aggression that foments the riots.Alot of riots affect the common people too (especially in recent history) they are there to ensure things don't spill out and affect other people in that community. Sure do u remember the riots in America where people were burning down social housing and local businesses? I'm not saying the police are perfect far from it. However they put themselves at the forefront of the violence to keep people safe.
No problem with teachers. We lefties support them. You righties are the ones who disrespect them.
Soldiers? A soldier's job is to violate the 6th commandment, and act in ways entirely at odds with Jesus' sermon on the mount.
Soldiers do not "see that people are safe," They work for corporations. They are corporate muscle. Their actions harm the very citizens they claim to "defend."
Criticising is different from insultingIf someone fights in an unjust, immoral war (Vietnam and the Invasion of
Iraq come to mind), why is it wrong to criticize their (say, voluntary) participation in it?
True, riots affect everyone. So why do police keep inciting them? It's police aggression that foments the riots.
Why not address the injustices that lead to the dissent that the police so violently oppose, rather than inciting violence among the idealistic reformers?
Police hate disorder and love the status quo. They are aggressive authoritarians. They see violent suppression of change as their prime directive.
True, riots affect everyone. So why do police keep inciting them? It's police aggression that foments the riots.
Why not address the injustices that lead to the dissent that the police so violently oppose, rather than inciting violence among the idealistic reformers?
Police hate disorder and love the status quo. They are aggressive authoritarians. They see violent suppression of change as their prime directive.
Criticising is different from insulting