• Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if some people take acab literally.

    A ton of people do. Like it’s a common viewpoint. Especially on platforms like this.

    People love to ignore shades of gray.

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      3 days ago

      I don’t know it was used in the George Floyd protest because of how most cops are being complicit by not speaking out against rotten colleagues but I think those movements recognize that it’s meant as an anti-establishment slur.

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      3 days ago

      Or just go full “one person was a bad person. Therefore all of this group are bad” Then later “not all imigrants are bad just because one did a bad thing!”

      The double standard is so funny and sad to me

      • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        3 hours ago

        One of those groups is a marginalized group with no power, and the other is literally the embodiment of state violence.

        Police *should" be held to a different standard than immigrants or literally any other civilian.

        The double standard is so funny and sad to me

        Agreed, but for entirely opposite reasons.