Rhino
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You quoted me saying "when it was the norm for police to be put on a pedestal", and then asked me to explain when bad cops never existed. Those are two very different things. I never said there was a time when there was no such thing as a bad cop. I even said they likely never did deserve blind faith, though for many generations that's mostly what they got, i.e. the norm. Norm doesn't mean universal or every single one. I said they likely never deserved blind faith because there were always bad cops, more than people realized. I still think they deserved that respect, even if blind faith may have been a stretch. I respect them now, and the sacrifices they make, which are not insignificant. I also trust them as a general rule, but full, absolute trust on an individual basis is something they have to earn.I'm 62 years old. Would you be kind enough to point out exactly when that was, "back in the days"? You know, when bad cops never existed....
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Can't really help you there. Critics of the police and cop haters have existed as long as police have existed. As for Deanimator, I don't think he hates them, nor do I think him gutless or cowardly. He dislikes cops and harbors a deep distrust for them based on past experience and cases of police corruption and misconduct. He's entitled to that opinion. But Deanimator would also grudgingly admit that there are good cops out there too, though a cop would have to go through one hell of a wicked vetting process before he'd grant that status to them. Unfortunately for you, he has two attributes that work against you. He's resolute in his distrust of cops and he's very accomplished in internet forum debate. He's got your goat and he's yanking your chain. He's toying with you for his own entertainment. I've seen him do it many times. It's actually a bit entertaining to watch after you've seen him do it so many times. It's up to you if you want to keep providing that entertainment, because like I said, I can't help you there....nor gutless, cowardly ass hats like Deanimator, who criticized them 24/7 every chance they could. Or whenever they found an equally gutless, cowardly ass hat to strike up the conversation with? I'd really like to know when that was.