Mostly Apolitical Thread for Discussing/Venting our Rational/Irrational COVID-19 Fears and Experiences in 2020

they can quit being cops if they don't want to get the 'vid from hassling people

^ xp. I meant the 'all cops die' post

cops rarely stop being cops otherwise, is the problem

geez. did you catch the "double-down' on every criticism virus from Trump?

why do you like cops so much

I mean there’s a link in the UK thread showing cops uploading drone footage of people walking in remote areas to shame them because it’s “not essential”. Dread* to think what they’ll get up to around any unfortunate people they don’t like the look of in London.

*the same thing they always do, lol

what? Aren't we all supposed to be avoiding social gatherings? Shouldn't a cop be taking even more precautions then the rest of us?

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, March 26, 2020 10:46 AM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yes, and i'm gonna go ahead and make the assumption that a lot of cops are, well, pretty dumb, particularly when it comes to stuff like this

ok forgive me for being appalled by the stupidity

not quite seeing as "mostly apolitical" the implicit assumption that cops are evil, useless, dumb, or some combination of the three

but w/e

why do you like cops so much

My father's cousin is a retired NYC Transit cop and my first cousin is a parole officer. I like both of them a lot.

my cousin's sister's neighbour is a really nice person who just so happens to believe that we should nuke mecca so please stop the generalisations ppl

they can quit being cops if they don't want to get the 'vid from hassling people

― silby, Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:50 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

the very picture of privilege, ladies and gentlemen!

I got un-furloughed! which is good, but honestly doesn't feel that great to know I have a target on my back

Glad to hear that, Shakey! Hope things hold up.

Re: cops. Having lived in both the US (discomfort around cops) and the UK (also discomfort around cops tho definitely less so), it is strange where I live now (Portugal) for the first time in my life that my guard doesn't immediately go up when I see cops. They're armed too, though they really can't be firing them very often

i have two points.

1.) there are serious, systemic problems with the police in america as well as our country's approach to law enforcement in general. police reform remains a desperate necessity, even though it's fallen on the back burner of public awareness of late.

2.) it's inexcusable to say you hope all cops die of coronavirus. not every cop is sherriff arpaio. i think the nypd is majority nonwhite.

that kind of rhetoric just makes everything worse.

"inexcusable"?

didn't ask to be excused

suggest bannable

acab

― silby, Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:50 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

I actually prefer Duke.

I mentioned on one of these threads a friend of a friend who tested positive. I e-mailed my friend yesterday to see how he was doing: "______ is coping well with the illness and basking in the publicity," and forwarded an article about him from a local paper.

why don't all those low-income people in the nypd (including a disproportionate number of non-whites) without college degrees who have families to support just flip some rental properties or something, I mean goddamn

oh boo hoo spare a thought for the plight of the working-class cop

my brother was a police officer for close to 20 years. He actually does flip stuff from craigslist now. xpost

he's also not the dumbest person I have ever met; I have met a lot of people.

"low-income"

Starting salary: $42,500
Salary after 5 ½ years: $85,292

https://www.seattle.gov/police/police-jobs/salary-and-benefits

^ doesn't include the lucrative overtime they get for kettling protesters

we're really doing this huh

I didn't realize ilxor loved the noble hardscrabble cop so much

silby, you are hereby granted the power to kill every cop in the USA, but in order to kill any you must draw their name randomly, then go to their home (all expenses paid!) and do it in front of their families. have a ball!

I didn't know Seattle was NYC

how old is silby

31

I didn't realize a grown ass adult had a rebellious 16 yr old's view on police

what the fuck is that supposed to mean

It means you are an immature child

it means you're making a fool of yourself

ah yes very serious adults in this thread taking the stance that cops are good not bad

phenomenal, just great

Correction: you must be eight because your reading skills are limited.

police forces have no legitimate function and should be abolished, fuck all cops, this is my final word on the matter.

Jesus wept.

I'm Jewish and don't know what that means sry

the stance that cops are good not bad

how long have you had a love affair with false binaries?

since I was a depressed and anxious child prone to black-and-white thinking, fuck you very much.

well, that certainly gives you a license never to grow up

Really wish normally sane people weren't so bad at reading.

Someone freaked my bestie out today by inexplicably claiming the bailout checks are only going out to people on Government assistance.

I was annoyed with whoever told her that but also was like "friendo, you can read too, you know it doesn't say that".

I kinda worry that there is so much concurrent, fast-breaking news that people outright can't keep up.

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