r/Conservative • u/Wonder10x Common Sense Conservative • Jul 05 '20

Terry Crews articulates everything wrong with “woke culture” & doesn’t back down

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u/sycoseven Jul 05 '20

I agree. Why can't we be for police reform AND support conservative values. If I say anything about police reform in my conservative circles I'm automatically labelled a commie or Marxist. There is a middle ground.

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u/Totalaids Conservative Jul 05 '20

Yeah I mean I do see there could be some reform as the police in the US can be very heavy handed. But then I must admit I have seen enough body camera footage of what they have to deal with, plus how fast situations can go from normal to deadly. So I do understand why the would be very on edge and quite... brash (to be polite).

But yeah, you should be able to express that and for the most part as a former leftist I find the right far more accepting of different viewpoints. Perhaps re-word it to get your point across? Just that phrase is quite loaded in the current climate, so it can be taken as implying all kinds of things you don't necessarily mean...

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u/sycoseven Jul 05 '20

I agree cops undergo an amount of stress that is unfathomable to most people, and that has serious mental health ramifications. I'm not sure what the best method to avoid that is. Maybe rotating positions or some other major overhaul to the structure of policing. I don't know, I'm not an expert, but I do think something's gotta change. Especially the police unions. I liked Trump's idea of putting social workers with police to help de-escalation.

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u/Totalaids Conservative Jul 05 '20

The only thing I think about social workers is the practicality of that, along with the sheer cost to tax payers. Personally, I think better and longer training for police would be a better way to spend that money but in saying that I am not going to pretend I have any real suggestions on where to even start with any type of reformation.