• treefrog@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Police in the U.S. carry firearms at all times. Even those that get sent to assist with mental health checks, pack a firearm on their hip. Which means there’s an implicit threat of force if you do not comply.

    So, ACAB, at least in the U.S.

    If children can’t understand that U.S. police are not the same as Norwegian police, just by that above difference, I don’t know what to tell you. Track their socials better, I guess. There’s a ton of far more toxic shit coming out of this country than ACAB.

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      5 months ago

      There’s a ton of far more toxic shit coming out of this country than ACAB.

      Of course, the worst influences affects adults/politics instead. That doesn’t mean all other issues should just be ignored though.

      If children can’t understand that U.S. police are not the same as Norwegian police, just by that above difference, I don’t know what to tell you. Track their socials better, I guess.

      That really isn’t how it work though, and the saying isn’t AACAB…

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        5 months ago

        Okay well then educate your children about where that saying comes from and why some people feel that way instead of being pissed that people and other countries have different views of police than you do?

        The saying started in the 1920s when police were brought in to bust up strikes, in the UK.

        So why are you blaming Americans anyway?

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          Okay well then educate your children about where that saying comes from and why some people feel that way instead of being pissed that people and other countries have different views of police than you do?

          Sure, let me go around the whole country of Norway to remind every kid/teen browsing the Internet that most of what they read are about a completely different society, and that all those people speaking in absolutes are in fact wrong…

          I’m not really “pissed” about it, I’m get slightly annoyed the few times it pops up but that’s about it.

          So why are you blaming Americans anyway? … blaming Americans for what?