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ripstep1 t1_ixvh2y2 wrote

Reply to comment by LibertyNachos in What to Know Now That the N.Y.P.D. Is on Amazon’s Neighborhood Watch App by k1lk1

Why police communities that hate them?

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LibertyNachos t1_ixvj28r wrote

because they’re being paid to to do their jobs. that’s what a job is. if you want to protest doing your job, then quit instead of draining taxpayer resources.

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ripstep1 t1_ixw4jjb wrote

Silent quitting seems to be supported by the work reform subreddit

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LibertyNachos t1_iy1exm6 wrote

when it comes to essential services such as firefighting and law enforcement silent quitting is not acceptable for the public good, especially as well paid as these professionals are. no one dies if a teacher calls out sick.

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ripstep1 t1_iy3o1ip wrote

Seems unfair. Why do teachers get more workers rights in that respect than “essential workers “. Seems to me like you are playing rules for thee but not for me.

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LibertyNachos t1_iy3o5ar wrote

I’m not a teacher.

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ripstep1 t1_iy5mjsf wrote

I never said you were. I don’t see why teachers can silent quit but nurses cannot.

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LibertyNachos t1_iy5q0v7 wrote

Honestly, I don’t believe most teachers and nurses would do the same kind of silent quitting the NYPD is notorious for. they seem to employ people of better morals who don’t put their paycheck above the public good.

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BiblioPhil t1_ixw0bao wrote

The communities hate them for a good reason. Like the fact that those communities pay them six-figure pensions and they still won't do their job unless they have carte blanche to crack skulls with no repercussions.

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ripstep1 t1_ixw4bhn wrote

Then they won’t police them lmao. Same thing would happen if communities hated doctors

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drpvn t1_ixw87kr wrote

The communities actually don’t hate the police.

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BiblioPhil t1_ixx92j0 wrote

Distrustful is a better term. And decidedly not aligned with conservatives on policies concerning police. Wanting more police presence isn't a mandate for stop and frisk and doesn't mean they don't support measures to increase police accountability.

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Grass8989 t1_ixwblaf wrote

The communities don’t hate the police, or else they wouldn’t have voted for Eric Adams, a cop, in the Democratic Mayoral primary.

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BiblioPhil t1_ixwr96q wrote

If those people wanted "tough on crime" candidates who promised to use scorched-earth police tactics to "clean up" the streets, they had plenty of Republican candidates they could have supported.

Adams might seem pro-police compared to the progressive Dem field, but on a national level he absolutely wasn't close. He wasn't even supported by the PBA, which regarded him as a police critic and thorn in their side.

In any GOP primary he would have instantly been branded "soft on crime." Reddit's perspective is so skewed on this topic.

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Grass8989 t1_ixwrvp9 wrote

He literally ran on a “tougher on crime” platform. That was a major part of his message and campaign, so much so that most on this sub labels him a Republican.

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BiblioPhil t1_ixx8wb7 wrote

It's like you missed my entire point about "tough on crime" being relative.

And you're literally using this sub's views of Eric Adams to rebut my point about why this sub is wrong about Eric Adams.

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