• YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    Not left or right, it’s up and down. Only one union is getting murderers and rapists off the hook. The rest are objectively good.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I would argue that the problem with police unions is that they’re too good at what they do. They’ve managed to achieve a degree of militantism that rivals any black panther or international world worker.

      A single, heavily armed, deeply insular and dogmatic, horrifyingly MAGA-pilled community of workers would be bad in any sector. But to make matters worse, police have this natural affinity with media that makes them the recipient of tons of free positive publicity.

      Would that everyone could claim membership in a union this strong.

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        1 month ago

        The issue is that the purpose of a union is to give power to the powerless, but police already have all the power. Their union makes them unstoppable.

        • sfu@lemm.ee
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          1 month ago

          A union getting rapists and murders off the hook is not what the image is about.

          • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today
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            1 month ago

            You do realize I was responding to someone else right? Like this isn’t a direct response to the image. There is context that you clearly didn’t see or understand.

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              1 month ago

              You replied to me, so I assumed you were responding to me. And I guess I still haven’t seen another message that you would have been responding to. Just a mix up.