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WhiskeyGrinder

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3. Stood out to me too.

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Tue Apr 13, 2021, 11:53 AM

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The irony of this forum perfectly encapsulated [View all] misanthrope Apr 2021 OP

We at DU have a longstanding policy ColinC Apr 2021 #1

+1 LizBeth Apr 2021 #22

You must have missed the thread about the doctor and his family murdered in ROck Hill. Treefrog Apr 2021 #39

... greenjar_01 Apr 2021 #2

. sarisataka Apr 2021 #9

Lucifer! CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #13

Love that series. LizBeth Apr 2021 #25

Maybe this is the social upheaval you spoke of... LanternWaste Apr 2021 #72

Stood out to me too. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #3

I see vitriol toward bad cops. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #4

Exactly Eliot Rosewater Apr 2021 #6

+1 The OP has been here far to long not to have realized the difference hlthe2b Apr 2021 #15

Yup. Divisive shit Arazi Apr 2021 #37

I can't see it as anything other than self-aggrandizing chickenshit. LanternWaste Apr 2021 #73

Liberals criticize cops, they dont hit them in the head with fire extinguishers or Eliot Rosewater Apr 2021 #5

Exactly. Liberals also suggest reasonable alternative services True Dough Apr 2021 #48

There's a huge difference between... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2021 #7

agree. there are good cops & bad cops; people who are assholes & people who are not assholes n/t orleans Apr 2021 #56

Couldn't agree more misanthrope Apr 2021 #64

Further irony. Sneederbunk Apr 2021 #8

I didn't realize all cops are the same, and we should have a uniform attitude toward all of them. kysrsoze Apr 2021 #10

+1 pandr32 Apr 2021 #16

That's fucked up. It's vitriol towards bad cops Arazi Apr 2021 #11

Nothing to make up. There are good cops and some who should never be... brush Apr 2021 #12

We at DU are able to distinguish between good cops and bad cops. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #14

I have reached the point were I see the police, Miguelito Loveless Apr 2021 #24

That is a very short cogent response. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #42

+1, uponit7771 Apr 2021 #35

No shit. I find it hard to keep up sometimes. Treefrog Apr 2021 #17

Cops who murder people Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #19

But that's not what I usually see. Treefrog Apr 2021 #26

From how many DUers? Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #28

True enough, and I thank you for that reminder. Treefrog Apr 2021 #31

Therein lies the irony misanthrope Apr 2021 #38

If those "two or three" misanthrope Apr 2021 #53

Being humane equals irony? Miguelito Loveless Apr 2021 #18

Let a thousand flowers malaise Apr 2021 #20

How many of us remember that? Hekate Apr 2021 #67

Ha malaise Apr 2021 #69

I recall a number of threads here, attacking the capitol police for cooperating with the violent sop Apr 2021 #21

A few of them were bad. Most risked their lives to save the nation. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #57

In the heat of that moment, it sure looked like some were standing aside. maxsolomon Apr 2021 #66

Indeed BannonsLiver Apr 2021 #23

But the OP is complaining about nuance. Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #30

Maybe I'm actually complaining about the lack of nuance misanthrope Apr 2021 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Apr 2021 #27

I do not know if he was a good cop or bad cop or in the middle. I know he was a human being murdered LizBeth Apr 2021 #29

Maybe this is a personal problem for you. I am grateful for the people who gave Politicub Apr 2021 #32

It's almost like there are good cops & bad cops... CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #33

Wrong forum, its MAGA Cultist who can't walk and chew gum and hate nuance uponit7771 Apr 2021 #34

I believe it is less irony sarisataka Apr 2021 #36

Well to be fair it looked like the cops waving them in and taking selfie's were part of it soothsayer Apr 2021 #41

I still believe that SOME Capitol Police aided the terrorists Withywindle Apr 2021 #58

Well said misanthrope Apr 2021 #65

There is no irony. We operate in the grey, where life happens. Caliman73 Apr 2021 #40

Oh, I know it's not in the binary misanthrope Apr 2021 #52

So you are our great teacher? /nt tonedevil Apr 2021 #76

If you feel the need to interject that into my remarks, then by all means misanthrope Apr 2021 #78

LOL tonedevil Apr 2021 #81

it's a human thing... stillcool Apr 2021 #43

Nuance 2 Meow Momma Apr 2021 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Apr 2021 #47

Someone gets it misanthrope Apr 2021 #51

We kind of stopped caring about the Capitol officer Sympthsical Apr 2021 #45

I don't think there's an irony ecstatic Apr 2021 #46

Didn't say anyone called for murder misanthrope Apr 2021 #50

My positions on policing are very nuanced AZProgressive Apr 2021 #54

+10 misanthrope Apr 2021 #61

I mean...I think I've made it pretty clear where I stand. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #55

Double-think par excellence Devil Child Apr 2021 #59

True as well misanthrope Apr 2021 #60

Wait until you see the thread that develops Mr.Bill Apr 2021 #62

What is this? I'm only the 5th Rec? Well, off to the greatest page with you anyway... Hekate Apr 2021 #63

And here I am with a fresh batch of popcorn... CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #68

What would you like to see? Mysterian Apr 2021 #70

I would like to see misanthrope Apr 2021 #75

I don't worry so much about message board posters AZProgressive Apr 2021 #77

When someone says "ACAB" I take what is said misanthrope Apr 2021 #79

I don't care if people use it or not AZProgressive Apr 2021 #80

There may be one who isn't... tonedevil Apr 2021 #84

It's almost as though different people hold different opinions about different things. LanternWaste Apr 2021 #71

or, or misanthrope Apr 2021 #74

Get OUTTA here canetoad Apr 2021 #83

It possibly could be ironic canetoad Apr 2021 #82

Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement is real. Like it or Not. Tommymac Apr 2021 #85

so the irony is we don't want cops killing people and we don't want people killing cops? Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #86

See, that's too much like the teachings of Jesus, and we can't have any bullwinkle428 Apr 2021 #87

can't we enjoy killing some group of people? Voltaire2 Apr 2021 #88

Generally speaking, assaulting people is bad, that's a consistent position to have. Humanist_Activist Apr 2021 #89