So disgusting. I used to be all in on the “back the blue” in 2020. Now I only support selectively if the officer earns it. No blanket immunity for LEOs. Not because they are all racist POSs like the 2020 claim was. But because so many are unethical and power tripping, and use their powers for evil rather than good. When they arrest peopl…
So disgusting. I used to be all in on the “back the blue” in 2020. Now I only support selectively if the officer earns it. No blanket immunity for LEOs. Not because they are all racist POSs like the 2020 claim was. But because so many are unethical and power tripping, and use their powers for evil rather than good. When they arrest people for not wearing a mask, or arrest them for “insurrection” BS, and the list goes on and on 😒 -I’m out. Add onto that the millions of laws they can use against law abiding citizens who don’t even know it was a law. It’s all so sickening. And one of our closest friends is a retired trooper. He was one of the good ones. To steal from Fla Mom - Back the Blue who BACK THE CONSTITUTION. 🎯
The COVID Scamdemic was a massive wake up call which resulted in tens of thousands of people losing respect for the medical industry. I myself would rather die than let these people have ANY control over me. (Who could've known that I would adopt the cry of "My body, my choice!"?)
But it also made me question all of my assumptions about every facet of my life and experience, and presumed allies.
I can understand how difficult it is to try to act with integrity when you have power and authority. I've removed myself from positions where the pressure to abuse the position made it impossible for me to continue, because I'd know full well that to do so I would then be willing to sell out my integrity. It's very difficult, but I still expect others to sincerely wrestle with the morality and ethics of what they do. Avoiding losing your job, for example, or refusing to see your own weakness, will result in a much grander scale of harm.
I remember decades ago hearing of a psychological profile study of gun toting, uniform wearing, (un)civi servants. The study results as I recall indicated that the greater majority of individuals who wanted to wear a uniform and carry a gun probably shouldn't be allowed to do either because they tended to be authoritarian and potential bullies who would abuse their power. Now here we are DEI and incompetence everywhere in the guise of civil servants.
It is a real conundrum. You don't want people without integrity and good character to be in such positions, but, you don't want to do it yourself. You don't want to do it yourself because you know your own weaknesses and fear the eternal weight of what you might do in error given an authority that is beyond the simplicity of your person. Should the roles and system be considered at fault? Is it human limitation and sinfulness that is at fault? Should we urge ourselves to take on roles, even knowing that they are beyond our ability to fill without the sure danger of weighty error and harm? Or is the influence of the bad apples so disproportionate that if we could somehow neutralize harm resulting from the worst of people, maybe things would roughly work in a healthy and positive way?
So disgusting. I used to be all in on the “back the blue” in 2020. Now I only support selectively if the officer earns it. No blanket immunity for LEOs. Not because they are all racist POSs like the 2020 claim was. But because so many are unethical and power tripping, and use their powers for evil rather than good. When they arrest people for not wearing a mask, or arrest them for “insurrection” BS, and the list goes on and on 😒 -I’m out. Add onto that the millions of laws they can use against law abiding citizens who don’t even know it was a law. It’s all so sickening. And one of our closest friends is a retired trooper. He was one of the good ones. To steal from Fla Mom - Back the Blue who BACK THE CONSTITUTION. 🎯
Back the Blue Who Back the Constitution.
The COVID Scamdemic was a massive wake up call which resulted in tens of thousands of people losing respect for the medical industry. I myself would rather die than let these people have ANY control over me. (Who could've known that I would adopt the cry of "My body, my choice!"?)
But it also made me question all of my assumptions about every facet of my life and experience, and presumed allies.
"Back the Blue, no matter who?"
Mmm, not so much anymore.
I can understand how difficult it is to try to act with integrity when you have power and authority. I've removed myself from positions where the pressure to abuse the position made it impossible for me to continue, because I'd know full well that to do so I would then be willing to sell out my integrity. It's very difficult, but I still expect others to sincerely wrestle with the morality and ethics of what they do. Avoiding losing your job, for example, or refusing to see your own weakness, will result in a much grander scale of harm.
I remember decades ago hearing of a psychological profile study of gun toting, uniform wearing, (un)civi servants. The study results as I recall indicated that the greater majority of individuals who wanted to wear a uniform and carry a gun probably shouldn't be allowed to do either because they tended to be authoritarian and potential bullies who would abuse their power. Now here we are DEI and incompetence everywhere in the guise of civil servants.
It is a real conundrum. You don't want people without integrity and good character to be in such positions, but, you don't want to do it yourself. You don't want to do it yourself because you know your own weaknesses and fear the eternal weight of what you might do in error given an authority that is beyond the simplicity of your person. Should the roles and system be considered at fault? Is it human limitation and sinfulness that is at fault? Should we urge ourselves to take on roles, even knowing that they are beyond our ability to fill without the sure danger of weighty error and harm? Or is the influence of the bad apples so disproportionate that if we could somehow neutralize harm resulting from the worst of people, maybe things would roughly work in a healthy and positive way?