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Defend the police and you are a boot licker on Lemmy.
The "on Lemmy" part of that sentence was completely unnecessary.
A cop was ambushed and murdered in a post about a month back. It had quite a few comments and absolutely everyone of them was praising it. The down votes I got were a point of pride in telling people how scummy they were. This is a Lemmy problem. Other then some pretty far right websites, few social platforms have this kind of response. Is embarrassing.
Historically the role of the police was to catch escaped slaves, and to violently break strikes when unionised workers were fighting for their rights.
Their foundation was white supremacist violence and violence against the working class in order to keep wage slaves creating profit for the ruling class.
And that function continues today. The role of the police is literally to use violence to protect the private property of the ruling class and serve their interests.
Are you a working class person who defends the people keeping you enslaved? Then yes, you’re a bootlicker.
Also to jump in this thread when OP is talking about queer rights, we have several literal active genocides happening around the world - and the first thing you think of is “what about cops?” is utterly disgusting.
They can literally just get another job. Being a cop is not like your race, gender identity, etc. which you cannot change.
And my point stands. Lol.
Until gun violence comes up then suddenly they are the only ones responsible enough to have a total monopoly on defensive violence
I've heard a LOT of takes, but never "only cops should have guns."
It's out there unfortunately but thankfully that is fading as more police shootings receive national attention