I thought POE could take a moment to show respect for all the fallen police officers, since their job is so hard and so dangerous.

What funeral are you talking about?

This was a memorial for cops who died on the job.

The fact that covid was the leading cause of line of duty deaths in 2020 (182 covid deaths vs 45 shootings) and so many guys who will wear hot and uncomfortable body armor every day are unwilling to get vaccinated tells you a lot about the culture of a lot of agencies.

oh so it wasn't a funeral then, it was a spontaneous outpouring of affection for cops apropos of nothing. good talk

Food for thought:


"The Thin Bread Line: Why Being a Delivery Driver is More Dangerous Than Being a Cop"



https://scapimag.com/2021/01/08/the-thin-bread-line-why-being- a-delivery-driver-is-more-dangerous-than-being-a-cop/

Every single person who was on the ballot, bernie included, would have done this, but don't let me stop you from your little pollyanna purity circlejerk

Bernie would not have gone out of his way to celebrate cops and to over-fund cops as this administration/congress has. He might have even done some reform.

The main difference between Bernie and Biden is that Bernie wouldn't lose to Trump in 2024.
https://www.newsweek.com/majority-voters-think-trump-was-bette r-president-biden-poll-1631999

Good job citing gop propaganda, you con troll

https://medium.com/@msells/the-harvard-harris-poll-scam-de5120 fb0759

That's in line with other polling. Are you sad that biased polls and the fake news are mean to your beautiful president? Is it easier to explain it all away as some sort of conspiracy?

It's going to be really funny to see the liberal version of "stop the steal" if Trump wins a second term.

Go back to breitbart you piece of shit

It's really sad when an otherwise decent, hardworking American like SolRo falls into the rabbit hole of online disinformation.

we'll combine this with a reconciliation bill that excludes all but the very poorest of people (supposedly) to appease Manchin and Sinema, and also encourage the already Trump-curious middle class voters to abandon Democrats in upcoming elections

Or maybe it will depress turnout of the thin blue line while having no effect on the BLM people?

Nearly every BLM person I know will not make the mistake of voting for Democrats again.

ACAB

I’m sure all your angsty white friends with BLM bumper stickers wouldn’t vote for anyone anyhow. It’s much more productive ranting online about your superior political opinions than voting or protesting or organizing

maybe if protesting and organizing and delivering majorities to Democrats twice in the last 11 years actually resulted in legislation to address the urgent needs of voters, maybe then voters would mobilize for Democrats more reliably

Stfu con troll

the truth stings doesn't it

you'll agree with me about Democrats some day, I was you once

LOL I'm an immigrant and very few of the folks I'm talking about are white.

The dems don't deliver, but don't be mistaken and think that we're going to vote for republicans either.

Actually it's worse than not delivering, they enthusiastically support the fascist pigs that beat the shit out of us, illegally arrested us, and even killed some of us for daring to walk down a street carrying signs.

The turn from "vote for Biden or you're racist" to "actually we need to support the police" is wild. The ability of PMC liberals to memory hole things they apparently fervently believed only a few months ago just blows my mind.

All y’all shoild get together and publish a zine about all your idiotic pseudo-leftist ranting as informed by gop agitprop

glasseye as an immigrant you support Title 42 deportations? You'll vote to continue those?

Crackersmack: No I do not support title 42 deportations; I have never voted to support them, and never will.

That said, there is no meaningful vote which in which to express that. Both Biden and Trump have deported hundreds of thousands of people under title 42; Biden *accelerated* deportations, and is defending Trump's disastrous and illegal policies in court.

And SolRo: Nah bro. Mutual aid and community defense are where it's at. Far better to put one's efforts towards actual change and improving peoples lives than squandering it in the broken system which exists to perpetuate domination.

I disagree, you actually can cast a meaningful vote against title 42 deportations. You'll have more than one candidate on your ballot that opposes them.

You're right about direct action being the only politics that are worth participating in though.

I've certainly voted third party before, and will again. Ranked choice is on the ballot this fall in my city, and I will vote for that, even though I have no faith that it will make any difference whatsoever.

My point was that both halves of the capitalist-imperialist party (red and blue editions) have pursued mass deportations under title 42, and there's no sign of that stopping.

Guys, it's not important to do stuff, it's important to *feel* the right way about things. Voting isn't about effecting outcomes, it's about confirming to yourself and others that you're one of the good ones.

It really is incredible that there are people out there edgelordian enough to think the president (any president) would (or should) yell ACAB at a memorial.

If it’s not an outright neo-con troll, seems like it’s the lefts version of q anon, where some leftist idiots in a dark corner of facebook are circlejerking each other into increasingly delusional world views and expectations.

Meh, humanity is humanity. We see someone come into our glade walking different we start screaminng and throwing feces. Better safe than sorry.

Hey does anyone knnow why my N key is sticking? It can't have anything to do with the feces can it?

It's the letter key closest to the blast zone of your internet porn sessions?

Are your h, e, t, a, and i keys also sticking?

maybe nobody expects Biden to "yell ACAB" and instead we'd prefer not to have random spontaneous displays of affection for cops, especially since they have been really exceptionally out of control lately

I know that liberals love to pretend that everything to the left of Reagan is just some ridiculous twee waste of time but come on, you should be able to admit "yeah maybe we don't need to do things like this"

If you've been lurking here for a decade, you know that dumb incestuous fights have always been the norm.

I like the dumb incestuous fights, what's annoying is the handful of weirdo shut-ins that have been butthurt for months and months about the same stupid shit.

SolRo, nno, just the NN. I popped it off and looked annd I don't see any dirt or anythig, sprayed conntact cleaner and compressed air and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Weird. I don't even have sticky keys turned onn!

"I'm not sure what's supposed to be evil about a president who makes supportive remarks at a memorial service for police"

I suggest you google the following names: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain. The list goes on (and on, and on, and on...) but that's a good place to start.

Why, did Biden make supportive remarks at their memorials too?

Biden wasn't offering kind words to any of the officers involved in those horrible rights abuse cases, right? Sure, being THOSE officers is hard as hell right now, but it's ALSO hard for the officers who defended the capital, for example. A politically balanced statement for sure - but run of the mill political evil I would say.

Certainly not as evil as say... calling Gold Star service members loosers or suckers. Or getting butt hurt that no personal thanks was given for approving a state funeral for a recently deceased POW survivor/ senator (deemed a 'looser' for getting caught in WWII.) Or supporting actual piece of shit law enforcers, like Joe Arpaio.

I guess my bar for evil has shifted in the last few years

"Why, did Biden make supportive remarks at their memorials too?"

I doubt it, since he is an enthusiastic supporter of police brutality.

'Remarks by President Biden on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial for the Death of George Floyd': https://tinyurl.com/bk539tfk

Some excerpts:

"It was a murder in the full light of day, and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism the Vice President just referred to — the systemic racism that is a stain our nation’s soul; the knee on the neck of justice for Black Americans; the profound fear and trauma, the pain, the exhaustion that Black and brown Americans experience every single day."

...

"Let’s also be clear that such a verdict is also much too rare. For so many people, it seems like it took a unique and extraordinary convergence of factors: a brave young woman with a smartphone camera; a crowd that was traumatized — traumatized witnesses; a murder that lasts almost 10 minutes in broad daylight for, ultimately, the whole world to see; officers standing up and testifying against a fellow officer instead of just closing ranks, which should be commended; a jury who heard the evidence, carried out their civic duty in the midst of an extraordinary moment, under extraordinary pressure."

...

"Peaceful expression of that legacy are inevitable and appropriate, but violent protest is not. And there are those who will seek to exploit the raw emotions of the moment — agitators and extremists who have no interest in social justice; who seek to carry out violence, destroy property, to fan the flames of hate and division; who will do everything in their power to stop this country’s march toward racial justice. We can’t let them succeed."

...

"We must not turn away. We can’t turn away. We have a chance to begin to change the trajectory in this country. It’s my hope and prayer that we live up to the legacy. May God bless you. And may God bless the — George Floyd and his family."

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Anyway, I'm happy that you'll be able to sleep well tonight, glasseye, happy in the knowledge that you were mistaken about whether or not Joe Biden has made supportive remarks about George Floyd.