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bet you can think of more (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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i could only fit 5 things on meme

dead beetlejuice "small stuff you can do when it feels like you can't do anything about american fascism 1. backup and seed wikipedia 2. spend less money on corpo 3. support real artists 4. quit corpo social media 5. be mean to cops
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

By removing the cultural respect they have. If they are routinely seen as the bad guys, the attraction to the profession is diminished. We begin to make a career in law enforcement similar to used car salesman and telemarketers. People will routinely disrespect them. Power hungry morons will think twice before going into those jobs.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    This is 100% why for me.

    As someone who has been verbally abused and called names by an aggressive cop while his partner had his hand on his gun… most people in the U.S. think all cops are good, and anyone who was on their bad side did something to deserve it. I flipped off a taxi, for the record. The cop thought I flipped him off, pulled me over, and screamed at me. I was 19.

    Even my own family thinks I did it. “That’s why you don’t flip off cops.” Cool…

    People also think cops deserve to be shitty because of “what they put up with,” while we have to be on our best behavior or risk death.

    What does one bad apple do? It spoils the whole bunch. Police are a spoiled bunch. Fuck cops forever.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I think this is a fair argument. I'm not sure if I see "being mean to them" as necessarily playing out this way, or being the best way to achieve that end (one can have no respect without being insulted/verbally attacked. Creating a stronger "us vs them" has explicit risks to our communities), but I can see the point you're making

    I appreciate the sincere answer :) hope you have a lovely day!

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