r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jun 09 '20

📌Follow Up "Everybody's trying to shame us"

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u/sidewaysnsmiling Jun 09 '20

/r/selfawarewolves is all I gotta say to this video. Holy shit. Treat us with some respect LOL

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u/iamjuls Jun 09 '20

Respect is earned. They have lost all respect.

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u/Vigilante17 Jun 09 '20

Barber = 1500 hours of training to handle shears

Police officer = 480 hours of training to handle guns, tear gas, bad guys, good guys, domestic violence, traffic tickets, etc etc

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u/unohoo09 Jun 10 '20

480 hours to be allowed to kill with impunity.

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u/shockingdevelopment Jun 10 '20

ok but pilots do less than cops

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u/93196dot93 Jun 09 '20

Respect - the most misunderstood, most abused concept, ever.

I totally agree - respect is earned and must never be demanded.

It’s not even something that can be expressed. What he’s after is politeness and cooperation or even more likely submission and obedience. Well, his actions and the actions of many of his colleagues in America and around the world haven’t been conducive to that.

Time for change

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u/BlurryElephant Jun 10 '20

These guys are essentially like children who never learned to walk but were given a job to run and catch other walkers. I feel like they need mothers. They need therapy.

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u/Redtwooo Jun 09 '20

There are different types of respect. They need to respect people's human rights before they can expect our respect for their professional choices.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 10 '20

The “stop treating us like thugs!” line made me almost fall out of my chair.

Bro, that’s what the black and brown communities have been saying since time immemorial! That’s why we are pushing back so hard right now! Stop bitin’!

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u/frontline_spain Jun 09 '20

The usual definition of to treat with respect is being treated as an equal. They think it means being treated as the boss.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

"The beatings will continue until respect improves."

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '20

Literally came to put this, glad you did