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In reply to the discussion: Do you support NYPD members turning back on DiBlasio? [View all]TorchTheWitch
(11,065 posts)I absolutely support their right to protest as I would any other civilian. It doesn't matter whether or not I agree with anyone's cause. Either one believes in the right of free speech and to peacefully protest and to address grievances or one doesn't. I'm sickened by all the screaming here by people who allege they're liberal/progressive/Dems claiming erroneously that they don't have the right and even wanting to abolish their union which is one of the strongest in this country.
I don't happen to like some of the things de Blasio has publicly said and do believe that it causes divisiveness between the community and the officers who serve it. It isn't our place to decide whether or not they have a legitimate grievance in the first place since we can't know what they do nor have the same understanding about it that they do... that's between them and the mayor just as I wouldn't presume to know whether or not anyone else had a legitimate grievance with their employer or spouse or family or friends, etc.
I generally like de Blasio and understand that he's generally quite liberal as far as any politician is these days. However, he's still a politician who I'd never trust any more than a used car salesman and is just as steeped in "politics" as our system has become, and it makes far more sense to generally like someone and recognize they're also not perfect and both can and do sport feet of clay from once in a blue moon to every waking moment depending on the person.
Obviously, DU members who aren't hiding every post that has anything to do with this subject is going to chose to be against the police since DU has basically become Cop Hate Underground spiced with the usual dose of hero worship for any Dem politician.