(June 19, 2021 at 1:52 pm)onlinebiker Wrote:(June 19, 2021 at 1:49 pm)CarveTheFive Wrote: The people who protest hate the police and the police finally give up and the right still twists that into a loss for the protesters.
The belief that cop is always good is strong with right wingers
The belief that there is more good ones than bad ones is more like it...
Does the left think ALL cops are bad?
It’s been quite some time but I used to run in anarchist circles in Portland - I don’t know this as a fact, but I think the core of those people protesting endlessly do think all cops are bad. They’re leftist radicals though not run of the mill liberals.
Personally, I do think all cops are bad but it’s a big concession that I fully admit I will call upon the police when I need them. I have done so in the past and consider the response I received from the police heroic.
To me personally, anarchism is about not needing to be governed rather than being ungovernable. But I still deeply respect what they’ve done in Portland and I hope they manage to finally burn that federal courthouse down. My feelings aren’t only anger; it’s partly sadness. America and capitalism have failed me so profoundly I’m not interested in improving on this paradigm anymore. I’m not inspired to take my old bones out there and tear it down but I’d be fine with seeing it go. Part of it is political and part of it is personal and all of it very complicated.
