• Vertelleus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    12 hours ago

    “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

    Attributed to Abraham Lincoln (sources vary)

    • Katana314@lemmy.world
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      11 hours ago

      Another good one:

      If your boss demands loyalty, give him integrity. If he demands integrity, give him loyalty.

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    16 hours ago

    Acab.

    I used to live in Baltimore and one of my neighbor’s was a cop, and the insane shit he would tell me would make you crap your pants. The shit he got away with, including pictures, would make you insane.

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      16 hours ago

      Even if cops were just a totally random selection of people from the general population, the fact that there is effectively little-to-no oversight, both in terms of law/institutions and in terms of social shame, means that anyone who isn’t a bastard before going in is extremely likely to become one, even absent all those other factors like cops becoming more insular and separated from the civilian population (“thin blue line”), the militarization of police (though no need for discipline, apparently), and sickened internal department policing cultures.

      And cops are generally picked from a pool even less suitable than a totally random selection from the general population.

      Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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      16 hours ago

      I knew a state patrolman that was only punished for rape due to using his work car to transport the victim. They were not punished for the rape.

      My answer is “both”.

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        13 hours ago

        My poor attempt at blurring the meaning of the word to imply the abuse is everywhere, home and in the nation.

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    15 hours ago

    Are there any more supporting data in your ass from where you pulled this one? :-D

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        8 hours ago

        Dude, not really OK dropping slurs when you’re not really read up on this.

        The data itself is highly questionable.

        https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-posts-claiming-40-110000305.html

        In sum, an extensive search found that the two studies originating in the early 1990s were the only ones that shared a “40%” statistic purporting to reveal how many police officers admitted to being violent toward their partners. The Neidig study’s results muddied the issue by including abuse perpetrated by the officers’ spouses. The Johnson study applied an overly vague definition of violence.

        Cops are bad, but bad data is also bad.

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          3 hours ago

          He wanted sources and I gave them. Done deal.

          As for the slur, was it my best judgement? No. But I was speaking from the heart

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            58 minutes ago

            I hope there comes a time where your passion does not need slurs to be expressed in a way you feel best represents your feelings in the heat of the moment.

            That’s not a joke or anything. Passion can be great and cathartic. It’s a shame then that it can so often be marred by internalized hatred, and I genuinely hope that changes for not just you, but all of us.