bucs90
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- Feb 25, 2010
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Well, I have to look in the mirror, do some soul searching. Everyone knows my #1 political interest is support for police. And a couple years ago, the Republican Party, which I was strongly sided with, began to do some things that angered me. In particular, with the recession, some especially at the local level began criticizing pay, benefits, pension of cops. It pissed me off. And since then...I haven't been a Democrat, but I sided with them a lot.
This incident in Missouri has caused me to do some soul searching politically. While the GOP and right wing hasn't been cheerleading the cops, they have been FAR FAR FAR more fair. They have mostly been reserved on judgment. A wait-and-see approach for the actual cop involved. AND many have made efforts to also honor the service of all the other cops who do great work in this country.
And I have noticed. And looked in the mirror at my own stance on stuff. Because the left wing has been flat out nasty. Ugly. Nasty. Some even justifying violence against cops.
With the Bundy Ranch situation, you had some radical right wingers doing the same thing. BUT, this incident has done something. Its brought out the element of the right wing that is NOT radically anti-government. That wants spending controlled, BUT, supports police and military also. A lot of the employees of Fox News have made statements that are both fair and supportive of the 1,000,000 cops in America.
In fact, it reminds me of the right wing I used to side with. I don't know how that will play out.
BUT, I do know this: The American left wing has been nastier, uglier and more unfair to the police of this nation in the last 5 days than I have ever seen in my lifetime, and it sickens me. EVERY one of the 1,000,000 cops in American who will check on-duty this week....will face MORE danger than they did last week, in part due to the nasty rhetoric spewed into the media and public by many on the left. Stoking anger and outrage....for no legitimate reason.
1 cop in Missouri, out of 1,000,000 in America.....MIGHT have committed a horrible act. MIGHT. "Innocent until proven guilty", right? But sure, lets smear the other 999,999 cops since we have a chance, and we can march dipshit Al Sharpton out there while we're at it.
Fucking disgusting.
This incident in Missouri has caused me to do some soul searching politically. While the GOP and right wing hasn't been cheerleading the cops, they have been FAR FAR FAR more fair. They have mostly been reserved on judgment. A wait-and-see approach for the actual cop involved. AND many have made efforts to also honor the service of all the other cops who do great work in this country.
And I have noticed. And looked in the mirror at my own stance on stuff. Because the left wing has been flat out nasty. Ugly. Nasty. Some even justifying violence against cops.
With the Bundy Ranch situation, you had some radical right wingers doing the same thing. BUT, this incident has done something. Its brought out the element of the right wing that is NOT radically anti-government. That wants spending controlled, BUT, supports police and military also. A lot of the employees of Fox News have made statements that are both fair and supportive of the 1,000,000 cops in America.
In fact, it reminds me of the right wing I used to side with. I don't know how that will play out.
BUT, I do know this: The American left wing has been nastier, uglier and more unfair to the police of this nation in the last 5 days than I have ever seen in my lifetime, and it sickens me. EVERY one of the 1,000,000 cops in American who will check on-duty this week....will face MORE danger than they did last week, in part due to the nasty rhetoric spewed into the media and public by many on the left. Stoking anger and outrage....for no legitimate reason.
1 cop in Missouri, out of 1,000,000 in America.....MIGHT have committed a horrible act. MIGHT. "Innocent until proven guilty", right? But sure, lets smear the other 999,999 cops since we have a chance, and we can march dipshit Al Sharpton out there while we're at it.
Fucking disgusting.