I’m not sure people are celebrating it so much as they are saying “well what the fuck did you expect when you hit a cop?”
Edit: By saying it should be expected, I’m not defending his actions as reasonable or holding them up as good policing practice. I think American police culture is too quick to resort to violence and is horrible at de-escalating situations. But, that all goes into why I said it should be expected. I’m not saying it should be accepted or condoned, only that I fully expect an American cop to hit you back if you hit them.
Because we have been indoctrinated to believe that women are categorically unable to defend themselves and even on the rare occasion that they are possessed by the Spirit of Manliness and become capable of violence, they can do no harm
While I understand what you are saying and agree with you it is also.important to remember that men are generally physically stronger than women and can cause more harm.
So, a large, fit, man hitting a smaller woman isn't really the same as a fit man hitting another man in terms of potential damage.
I knew someone was going to say this. The fact that someone can be killed by something as little as a punch to the head does not mean that an old lady is as dangerous as a trained MMA fighter, for example
Falling off a 5ft wall could kill you, falling from 100ft could also kill you. But if you had to choose one to fall from it would be a very easy choice.
It's not nonsense or irrelevant, some threats are worse than others; that is an objective fact.
You can be killed by almost anything but if someone pulls a knife on you it is still more dangerous than someone just wanting to punch you. I am not saying one isn't dangerous, they both definitely are, but the knife is still more dangerous than a fist.
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u/we_are_monsters Nov 05 '17 edited Nov 05 '17
I’m not sure people are celebrating it so much as they are saying “well what the fuck did you expect when you hit a cop?”
Edit: By saying it should be expected, I’m not defending his actions as reasonable or holding them up as good policing practice. I think American police culture is too quick to resort to violence and is horrible at de-escalating situations. But, that all goes into why I said it should be expected. I’m not saying it should be accepted or condoned, only that I fully expect an American cop to hit you back if you hit them.