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In reply to the discussion: We must NOT buy into the narrative that a cop's life is worth more than any other [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)112. Two things ...
first, in order to establish that "stateless society", the "state" and its apparatus, must be destroyed, no?
Secondly, I have no doubt that the definition you provide is accurate ... in theory; however, those promoting anarchism (not all, or maybe even most; but a significant and active minority) are not so married to social disruption, i.e., violence, to establish that fabled utopian state.
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We must NOT buy into the narrative that a cop's life is worth more than any other [View all]
ellenrr
Dec 2014
OP
Buy more guns and come out shooting?...interesting world that would be with no good cops...
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#6
My friend, I found you a good cop before, but you haven't responded to it.
Savannahmann
Dec 2014
#35
Interesting world with no good cops at all...or only the odd one here or there is the line now?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#45
I guess when the police kill a man in the streets he takes away the right
Ed Suspicious
Dec 2014
#81
Logic and reality-based thinking are ideals of the Democratic Party, unlike the Republican Party.
JEFF9K
Dec 2014
#146
Your reputation precedes you, kind sir, I am in no way WORTHY ..... !!!!
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#242
why, logically, does having a witness 40 mean there were maybe 100, or each contributed maybe 1%?
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#186
you refuse to clarify? oh. no, I do not see the logic and you don't want to explain how
uppityperson
Dec 2014
#225
You really believe that 1% of the evidence crap? That's not logical that's rationalization.
marble falls
Dec 2014
#266
Its your math, all right. And your own illogic behind it. You seem to think all witnesses are of....
marble falls
Dec 2014
#268
Absolutely. But not silliness. That's fantatasy. That's just silly. Its a Grand Jury, not a ....
marble falls
Dec 2014
#272
Suborning perjury. As an officer of the court he is sworn not to put up false witnesses or evidence,
marble falls
Jan 2015
#278
What you got there is presumption of guilt. You are already declaring a person in an encounter as
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#174
Right. And if we don't value a cop's life, then we can't insist that the cops value others' lives.
Yo_Mama
Dec 2014
#12
I don't know what you mean by "legitimate exercise of police authority is a proxy for the
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#53
Hmmmmmm ..... I wonder why that is? They've killed too many unarmed people, maybe?
marble falls
Dec 2014
#23
Your definition of anarchism is wrong. Anarchism is not about destruction, it is about
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#100
Are those like the "broken eye socket" photos you guys were passing around?
RandiFan1290
Dec 2014
#196
You can try to make this about me all you want, but I'm not carrying water for RW liars.
DisgustipatedinCA
Dec 2014
#222
I don't "carry water" for RW Liars, either, genius, so I'm SURE you'll be able to show us where I
whathehell
Dec 2014
#226
You know there is a Supreme Court Decision that the police have no duty to protect the public right?
Savannahmann
Dec 2014
#34
They already have which is why hundreds of them kick in doors every weekday morning
951-Riverside
Dec 2014
#83
I take your point, but when examples pile up, one can be excused for generalizing...
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#29
Yes, well said. It's the police who've developed an "us against them" mentality..
mountain grammy
Dec 2014
#52
Not a day goes by without seeing a video of a cops beating someone up..
mountain grammy
Dec 2014
#71
this is so true. thank you! "Our government at the highest levels committed torture
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#74
Cops lives may not be more important than others but they are just as important.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#15
And who arrives to arrest that nutcase and protect the rest of us, the NRA?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#43
I don't know about anyone else. I said, I do not think cop lives should be valued over anyone else's
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#64
I know, you were referring to Arctic Fox. I guess I agreed with him/her rhetorically...
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#70
"We should care less when a cop is killed"? That sucks -- EVERYONE's life matters.
whathehell
Dec 2014
#136
really? So in the low-income neighborhood, cops investigate assaults and rapes? that would be
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#27
They are operatives of a racist institution, are trained to act in racist fashions, and are immersed
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#198
Seems fair, you are unwilling to discuss the institutional aspect which is over arching
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#261
Being a cog in a system doesn't require "brainwashing" just tolerance, immersion, training,
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#265
I Think it's akin to the civil rights cases the federal govt brings in murder cases
marshall
Dec 2014
#40
The cops of today are not like those of the 50's. I remember when they were friendly.
L0oniX
Dec 2014
#48
I agree with you, it is sad that on DU so often people do not delve deeply into the issues....
ellenrr
Dec 2014
#72
Who here would be in favor of stopping the killing? We have families killed by family
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#89
"The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day
DrDan
Dec 2014
#91
I condemn the killings of the 2 police officers...and you have no right to interpret what I mean...
George II
Dec 2014
#92
Cops are a manifestation of our system of laws, like judges or attorneys.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2014
#181
I we could do something about the subculture of violence in many departments--
eridani
Dec 2014
#192
Sorry but all killing tears at the fabric of society. People have a tendency
still_one
Dec 2014
#204
Yes, People are shaped by what personally happens to to them, no doubt about it. I know people who
still_one
Dec 2014
#212
I agree! I know a lot of cops from my neighborhood and they are good people.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#211
Very well said, including the part about feeling obliged to precipitate every reference to
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#248
"Cops defend property." That is something I am always having to explain to people.
Odin2005
Dec 2014
#269