Yet when Sistilli pointed out the double standard at play here, the officers still didn’t get it. Their failure to see the connection between their fears, and the fears of every innocent person whose license plate ends up in an ALPR database somewhere, is a whole other problem.
That’s because they don’t see other people as actual humans with rights.
When you stop seeing other humans as humans (political opponents, oppressors, police or whoever you hate, even if justifiably so), crimes against humanity start to happen.
The way I see it the oppressive class and the police have excluded themselves from society by virtue of their abuse of the laws which protect them in cases it would punish a regular citizen. This was a conscious choice, not a trait they are born with. As such, I am fine saying that the rules of polite society do not extend to them.
I guess I do still see them as humans. But humans who have broken the basic tenets of simple humanity and are no longer protected by those tenets because they themselves ignore them.
You can think that way, but that doesn’t change anything about my comment.
Human rights are based on the foundation that humans can’t be exempted from them. For a reason. Look into the history books and you do not have to look back far, actually you don’t have to look back at all.
So not opposing human rights is now “loyal bootlicking”. Mind you I did nowhere say not to resist oppression or to love or even give in to police. All I was saying is that if you stop considering other humans as humans, crimes against humanity start to happen and then just repeated what human rights are. That isn’t my original thinking.
If you oppose human rights, just say instead of going ad hominem.
That’s because they don’t see other people as actual humans with rights.
And I don’t see pigs as human
When you stop seeing other humans as humans (political opponents, oppressors, police or whoever you hate, even if justifiably so), crimes against humanity start to happen.
The way I see it the oppressive class and the police have excluded themselves from society by virtue of their abuse of the laws which protect them in cases it would punish a regular citizen. This was a conscious choice, not a trait they are born with. As such, I am fine saying that the rules of polite society do not extend to them.
I guess I do still see them as humans. But humans who have broken the basic tenets of simple humanity and are no longer protected by those tenets because they themselves ignore them.
You can think that way, but that doesn’t change anything about my comment. Human rights are based on the foundation that humans can’t be exempted from them. For a reason. Look into the history books and you do not have to look back far, actually you don’t have to look back at all.
How precious of you to pop up and defend the oppressors. Your loyal bootlicking will be richly rewarded in hell
So not opposing human rights is now “loyal bootlicking”. Mind you I did nowhere say not to resist oppression or to love or even give in to police. All I was saying is that if you stop considering other humans as humans, crimes against humanity start to happen and then just repeated what human rights are. That isn’t my original thinking.
If you oppose human rights, just say instead of going ad hominem.
As a Spanish song said “He was a man. Now he’s a cop” (“Era un hombre. Ahora es un poli”, Era un hombre, La Polla Records)
Incredible response 😂😂 I hope your soul is worth it (it isn’t)
The veneer of civilisation is thin indeed, thank you for pointing that out by making this a laughing matter.
*pigmanity
Just because they look human does not mean they are.
Cops lack key features that define humanity. For example, functional braincells. Empathy. Self-awareness. Etc.
Of course, but pigs are a different taxonomical family from humans.
I agree with half of that, but police and oppressors sometimes deserve it.
Nazis aren’t people. Full stop.
That was also the spirit of the Brno death march. So I guess you think it was a great thing?
But it’s not a crime against humanity because the pigs aren’t human.
pigs are actually very smart and empathetic animals, cops are not
Maybe you’re not from the US.
PIGS=COPS.
I believe that’s what he meant.
It’s very difficult to make someone understand something when their job depends on not understanding it.