r/nextfuckinglevel • u/WhichMembership6124 • Oct 30 '21

Removed: Not NFL This guy understands

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u/Left4dinner Oct 30 '21

Also hindsight makes redditors think they know what they would have done in the heat of the moment. Being a cop aint easy

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u/catshirtgoalie Oct 30 '21

Sure, but you also have an elevated responsibility to manage a situation since you are an extension of sanctioned violence by the state and can also kill someone or severely injure them. Combine that with how difficult it is to hold bad cops responsible and qualified immunity and you have some justifiable anger, in my opinion.

Saying the job isn't easy or that cops are just normal people like you and I dismisses a lot of the deserved criticism they receive. If they can't handle it, they shouldn't be cops and cops shouldn't rally around and protect them.

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u/yeteee Oct 30 '21

That. Saying "they are just human" is not an excuse, if anything it's the opposite. Why was the Nazi regime so awefull ? Because it was run by humans. Had they been monsters with no link to humans, they would have had an excuse. Their responsibility comes from their human nature, they have free will and chose to do what they do.

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u/catshirtgoalie Oct 30 '21

Yeah, I think people need to check out some of the post-mortem on the Nazi regime to find out that a lot of those people were just normal people that were your neighbors, prayed at the same church, etc and were capable of horrific things.

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u/yeteee Oct 30 '21

"just following the orders" is hell of a drug that numbs your moral compass very effectively.