Annnd politics

[author_by_night]

I shouldn't read Facebook in the morning. I am a fool. Brought to you by another slew of morons.

Do you hate cops?

I don't hate anyone on basis of existence. I wish I could say that was true of everyone. Unfortunately, it is not, and therein lies the problem.

So you think all cops are bad.Every single police officer? No. I think there are good

Comments

[elizalavelle]

They often have a talking point or two but no actual knowledge of what they're discussing so if they run into someone who has knowledge they have to change the subject or get really condescending or mean just to feel like they're still right.

In the case of yours you asked a valid question and the guy obviously didn't know anything about what he'd said and rather than say "you know, I actually don't know that but I should look into it" he decided that asking a question makes you hateful. Exactly right about parroting taking points. I think we've all done it. I sure have. But I'm trying to get better at really digging into an issue before I speak/post about it and also try not to be afraid of not knowing something. I can't be an expert on everything.

Exactly so. This guy was on and on about rent and he owns a home (guessing he got it prior to disability because our disability payments are terrible) and yet he can't see that someone else on disability who rents it being made homeless by rent going up even during a rent freeze. He just couldn't see beyond his own experiences to realize that not everyone else was a home owner or had the advantages he did.

Obviously he's got struggles, anyone who is qualifying for disability is experiencing some hardships. That doesn't negate the fact that he's obviously had advantages as well.