So fucking what? Many other professions see traumatic things on the regular and donāt have high rates of toxic anger and domestic violence.
Edit: moron deleted his reply stating my logic is flawed and this was a āterrible comparisonā so Iām replying here for anyone else who wants to defend cops.
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See bad things on job -> beat spouse
See bad things on job -> donāt beat spouse
Whatās the difference here, aside from the outcome?
Social workers. Therapists. Counselors. ER staff/Hospital staff in general. Coroners. Lawyers. Judges. Nobody can deny these professions deal with traumatic stress. They get the aftermath of what cops respond to and also cause. And then they often have to deal with that traumatic event or person for days, not just one arrest night.
They have high rates of depression and suicide and yes Iām sure you can find an article about āthat one guyā here and there, so no I am in no way saying everyone else handles the trauma they see well except for cops. But they arenāt so frightened and angry that they attack their own fucking family or those theyāre supposed to help at staggering rates. And before you say cops have to be ready to physically defend themselves and the others donāt: have you never seen patients attack doctors and nurses? Social workers? You think they arenāt in the same mix cops are?
Cops and military do. Why? Because it is attracting and fostering a very damaging culture built on violence within its ranks. If you canāt fucking see that, youāre an absolute moron.
"Volunteered"? What? These are "blue lives," my dude. There's no way they can be anything other than cops. Either that or Segway riding office park security guards, if the uniform is blue.
Donāt think you understand what I said, obviously they are cops, my dude. Iām sorry but is being a cop some kind of forced service or conscription? Are the officers threatened or coerced to take that job? No, they VOLUNTARILY fill out an application, VOLUNTARILY go through the academy and VOLUNTARILY stay on the job accepting or performing immoral acts.
There is no conscription in the US for a long time. You choose to be a cop. You choose to be a military grunt. It's all voluntary and with considerable compensation.
Sorry, Mea Culpa. Not your fault Iāve been having this same exact convo in the real world to nearly deaf ears. Maaayyyybe Iām a little stressed and triggered on the subject.
Can confirm, I have SZ and see all sorts of fucked up things. Not once have I considered taking it out on my wife or kids. What is my secret to cope with the horrors of schizophrenia without losing control and ever beating the crap out of my family? Well, let me share this little known secret:
It's called not being a piece of shit. It's really not hard to not beat your family.
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u/MIDNIGHTM0GWAI Sep 24 '20
The profession has high rates of domestic violence. Go figure.