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In reply to the discussion: Obama Says Anti-Cop Rhetoric Can Hurt Black Lives Matter [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,986 posts)6. "We"? No police officer ever helped one of 'us' / 'you' (plural) (whatever group you choose)?
All police are bad?
Or do you mean the double negative ironically and are really saying they are "our" allies?
President Obama's statement is entirely logical, carefully worded:
Obama continued, if we paint police in broad brush without recognizing that the vast majority of police officers are doing a really good job and are trying to protect people and do so fairly and without racial bias, if the rhetoric does not recognize that, then were going to lose allies in the reform cause.
Do not indulge in binary thinking. Most people don't, which is why simplistic rhetoric loses more allies than it gains. Slogans can be tuned for truth without sacrificing pithiness. Republicans don't do nuance.
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Nope. Prejudice against a large group of people is not the way to fight prejudice. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#4
FOX "News" has been looping clips of anti-cop chants from what they claim is BLM.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2016
#5
President Obama is not looping in his speech. There is blanket anti-cop rhetoric in this thread. .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#7
There "ya" go with a blanket simplistic binary thinking statement again. It does not help.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#10
Face it. The police aren't what they used to be since the show "COPS" came out.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2016
#20
the lives lost being so much less easy to focus on than the simplicity of correcting word usage.
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#57
My point is the lives lost demand thoughtful action, not knee-jerk simplistic prejudice v "cops". nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#65
Yes, discussions like these do tend to cover the same ground again and again.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#68
"We"? No police officer ever helped one of 'us' / 'you' (plural) (whatever group you choose)?
Bernardo de La Paz
Jul 2016
#6
I had a feeling I was wasting my keystrokes. I see now that I was correct. NT
Sand Rat Expat
Jul 2016
#17
I have clearly made up my mind that it's institutional and not just a few bad apples.
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2016
#48
He's right - but he should keep in mind that Faux News can distort anything into "anti-cop."
forest444
Jul 2016
#11
Obama is correct and if some idiots would listen to him he could help their cause.
WhoWoodaKnew
Jul 2016
#50
Andrew Young, another very fine American, said pretty much the same thing as Obama.
tonyt53
Jul 2016
#52
All I'm saying is that if you come across as being against cops, a lot of people
WhoWoodaKnew
Jul 2016
#64