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Scroticus- t1_jbxbu0t wrote

The moral decline of our society began with contempt for the law and norms of civilized behavior.

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toughguy375 t1_jbxgaya wrote

Contempt for police is caused by police not by moral decline. The police need norms of civilized behavior.

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Scroticus- t1_jbxkpxl wrote

Generalizing an entire group based on the behavior of a few individuals is "problematic", don't you think? But I guess it's ok in your moral framework when it's directed towards police.

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GooseSpringsteenJrJr t1_jbynp6m wrote

Ah the "few bad apples defense". Once again you are refusing to address the full phrase, which is "a few bad apples spoil the whole bunch". Until there is actual accountability for police no one will respect them, and they shouldn't.

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WickhamAkimbo t1_jc3vcno wrote

>Contempt for police is caused by police not by moral decline.

In some cases, but the majority of cases? No, total nonsense.

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oy_says_ake t1_jbxkap5 wrote

Except the police exhibit as much contempt for the law as normal people, if not more. I was on hoyt street walking with my kids last weekend. Some twerp pulled his suv right up onto the sidewalk just south of fulton. I said “what are you doing bro, this is the sidewalk?” And he replied “did i hit you? No, so go on.”

So when i got to schermerhorn two blocks down i saw a cop and told him “hey, some jerk just pulled up and parked on the sidewalk two blocks back, can you please help?” And he could not have cared less. As i walked away i didn’t know what to tell my kids - why do we have police if they have no interest in addressing wrongdoing?

In thinking about it further, it made sense the cop didn’t care because they park on the sidewalk all the time and break traffic laws with impunity for their own convenience (rather than only when responding to emergencies).

But people see the police’s actions and take their cues from them. If our law enforcement personnel are themselves lawless, why expect different from our citizenry?

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Hagakurick t1_jbxlnsl wrote

There is no mass moral decline. You're not the stalwart main character you think you are. Geniuses like you have been crying about Moral decline for years even when crime and violence goes down. You're not goint to get your west is falling vindication anytime soon

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theuncleiroh t1_jbywsy7 wrote

the moment we let cops break laws with impunity, it only became natural every other civilian would want in

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