It was never a blanket statement. I support not abolishing the police. I understand that law enforcement needs to exist, or we risk becoming Somalia or Rhodesia. Hell, if BLM wants me to choose between police and black people, I choose police. Unequivocally. Only one of those things is actually necessary for the continuance of civilized society, and it's not hard to figure out which.
But no authority that obeys leftism is legitimate, regardless of whether it's the police, the IRS or the freaking Papacy. The police forces of blue states have only themselves to blame, and they are not my friends or my allies. While they are in the service of leftism, they are just another illegitimate fake authority, getting in the way of justice and freedom.
It's a values judgment, essentially. If you or your institution is a friend and defender of civilization, decency and the American people, then I am your friend and ally. If not, then to hell with you.
Exactly, I think many of us were supporting back the blue in opposition of the overwhelming call for abolishing police, not realizing that we were raising our own expectations that all police would support us. It’s always been certain departments have good leadership and others don’t, and that certain departments would support the common sense law enforcement, and others would take it to the extreme.
It was never a blanket statement. I support not abolishing the police. I understand that law enforcement needs to exist, or we risk becoming Somalia or Rhodesia. Hell, if BLM wants me to choose between police and black people, I choose police. Unequivocally. Only one of those things is actually necessary for the continuance of civilized society, and it's not hard to figure out which.
But no authority that obeys leftism is legitimate, regardless of whether it's the police, the IRS or the freaking Papacy. The police forces of blue states have only themselves to blame, and they are not my friends or my allies. While they are in the service of leftism, they are just another illegitimate fake authority, getting in the way of justice and freedom.
It's a values judgment, essentially. If you or your institution is a friend and defender of civilization, decency and the American people, then I am your friend and ally. If not, then to hell with you.
Exactly, I think many of us were supporting back the blue in opposition of the overwhelming call for abolishing police, not realizing that we were raising our own expectations that all police would support us. It’s always been certain departments have good leadership and others don’t, and that certain departments would support the common sense law enforcement, and others would take it to the extreme.