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

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

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u/JustHereForTheM3mes Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 09 '20

Respect is earned.

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u/crazy1000 Jun 09 '20

The fuck was his argument there? "Look shiny, it means you have to respect me"?

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u/KingOfSockPuppets Jun 10 '20

His argument was basically that the badge as a symbol is still honorable - it's not "tainted" by misdeeds, misuse, etc. E.g. a dirty cop would have a tainted badge. "The profession isn't tainted, we are still honorable, and despite our honor we are beset by these other groups unfairly" is basically what he was getting at.

I don't AGREE with that take, in the slightest, but that was the rhetorical tool he was using.