There is nothing more pathetic than a bunch of white bourgie liberals spouting anti-police sentiment

[LeftishBrit]

128. OK - as another non-American, I'm going to say what the Americans have refrained from saying

Last edited Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:24 AM - Edit history (1)

This is an area where the situation in America is very different from that in many other countries; and where non-Americans need to be very careful about passing broadbrush judgements.

You're in Australia; I'm in the UK.

In both our countries, the majority of police are not armed, and killings by police are much, much rarer than in America.

For that matter, far fewer citizens in our countries are armed.

Neither of us can fully understand what many Americans are having to deal with here, and why they are so afraid and angry. But we can imagine some of it. We should not be equating all protesters and critics of the police with 'hipster baristas' jumping on the latest fashionable cause.

I fully agree that people, who think that we can ever conquer the world's or any country's social problems without dealing with poverty as a major cause, have got their heads up their rear ends; and that in particular that can't be left to the police. I also agree that anyone who gloats over the murder of police is just as bad as someone who gloats over the murder of anyone. But that doesn't mean we can't criticize the violent actions of some police; and especially it doesn't mean that we foreigners, who are lucky enough to live in countries where police violence is far less of a problem than in the USA, should be telling Americans not to get angry over police violence.