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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1aqhd5 wrote

Reply to comment by Then_Ear in MA Police Dog Injured On Duty Gets Ambulance Transport Under New Law by LoeschTwins

So I asked someone if they were OK once after a super crazy off topic tirade. Got so many downvotes and people saying you don’t really care how he is doing. I hope you fair better and offer my upvote.

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1b7qko wrote

You may not agree with the conclusion but this is not "off topic." Any examination of money spent on policing has a relevant path to examining where we aren't spending enough money on instead.

Personally I'd rather spend money on wounded police dogs than 99% of the things that the police spend money on but I'd also rather we not have police dogs at all (they are unsafe as chase dogs and unreliable as drug sniffers) and spend that money on social programs or schools instead.

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1b8a48 wrote

I didn’t say his post was off topic. I was replying to the are you ok post and resting it to a previous experience.

Though I would say he went on at a least slight tangent and his reaction appears a little outsized to the situation.

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1b8lcx wrote

There's no reason for you to bring up "after a super crazy off topic tirade" unless you think it is those things. But I won't argue with you about what you meant. If that wasn't your intent, fair enough. But also, it's worth noting, people often use "are you ok" on both reddit and social media in general as a backdoor insult, implying that the person is crazy and not to be taken seriously.

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1b9qgc wrote

So. You seem pretty upset.

Are you Ok?

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1b9v68 wrote

Ok so now you're either intentionally trolling or just really bad at reading people. Either way it explains why you got buried in down-votes last time you asked someone.

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But no I'm fine thanks.

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1bb0ak wrote

Glad you are fine.

May I ask if you, perchance, generally dislike the police or have a teacher in your close family?

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1bbff6 wrote

Damn I wonder what gave it away that I "generally dislike" the police.

And no I don't have any teachers in my family. I know bootlicker instincts are strong but not everyone who criticizes the cops or questions whether we spend enough on education has an insider motive.

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1bbvh0 wrote

I re-read the original post. It was very off topic and deserved the “are you OK post”.

Why do you dislike the cops?

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1bd76g wrote

I'm not sure what's funnier, that you're so unmoored from reality that you need someone on reddit to explain to you the reasons why they believe the police are a problem or that you're straw-manning the original post and trying to pretend you aren't.

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1bee11 wrote

People have different reasons for liking or not liking things. Was curious what your reasons were.

The reality is some people don’t like the police. Some people do. Just because you don’t doesn’t mean everyone else should know why you don’t like them.

Personally I have no strong opinion either way. Have had a couple of bad experiences with cops. But mostly had good experiences. I generally feel most government workers are overpaid, so they don’t stand out to me for that. I think they have a tough job. But I 100% would be on board with changing qualified immunity.

I stand by my decision that the original post we are discussing was off topic and there was nothing wrong with posting a story about a new law being used.

Note in an earlier post (not part of this chain) I stated that It didn’t seem to be the best use of resources, but kept an open mind.

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1bkcsw wrote

We're talking about the police here, not a fucking favorite flavor of ice cream my dude. TL;DR on the rest of that tho.

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1bkm76 wrote

Honestly, very few people I know dislike the cops. Maybe it’s just where I get my ice cream, but everyone hating cops isn’t my reality.

No idea what TL DR means. I’ll look it up.

Edit: looked it up. ha ok. Fair enough.

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1bkogu wrote

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1bkxde wrote

So you don’t like the police because some other people don’t like it. It seems you think it’s trendy to not like them, so you don’t.

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1bkyq4 wrote

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Revolutionary-Toe789 t1_j1bl70d wrote

I’m going to end by saying, you seem like a follower. You should get a voice of your own.

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RevengencerAlf t1_j1blb4b wrote

if that's how you need to rationalize your inability to read basic human situations, sure, you tell yourself that.

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