Weaponized Cops and the Future of Freedom

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12. Thanks. Yours as well.

One thing does not cancel out the other, does it?

Peoples be complicated.

I think there is a particular issue between the left and cops as well, because in general we tend to be less accepting of authority, especially when it has a gun strapped to its hip. Many times, rightly so, but still. And we are more likely to descry brutality, profiling, etc. than is the right. Again, often rightly so, but it may not seem just to the cops.

I think we lost a lot of police union members that way--and their brothers in the Fire Depts., even if the unions themselves endorsed and supported our candidates. (And, if you listen to some of things that leaders like Trumka say, we may lose leadership someday.)

Anyway, I think the left might do well for many reasons to try to reconcile all these issues in some mutually beneficial and respectful way. For one thing, it might result in less hostility to leftist demonstrators and fewer aggressive "crowd control" measures.

And, there are all those missing votes.....