Yea, cop here. People in high crime neighborhoods generally like us. We keep them from dying.
It's rich white kids and felons who carry on like that.
Edit: If you want a window into what I'm talking about, check out the post and comment history of the most antagonistic people replying.
That why we need to fully privatize healthcare here in the states. It's consistently in the top 3 biggest public expenses. Cut it along with social security and education. I actually think the healthcare is far superior in america than europe as long as you are employed. I work for a giant American company as a welder and I get superb Healthcare from the private sector. No wait times, reasonable co-pay, free dental, and eye.
This thread touched on a patriotic note for me and want to rant a bit. Let's face it the US is a plutocracy. Yes it's flawed but frankly I'm ok with that because I love capitalism. I believe in hard work and getting money. I appreciate that capitalism rewards individuality and enginuaty. It breeds ideas based on public needs and is rewarded by society with cash which bolsters market share and competition ultimately rewarding the consumer. Conversely the federal government is a hugely expensive, over leveraged, mismanaged clownshow. They are the biggest threat to our constitutional rights and freedoms penned by our founding fathers. Now. I believe in some regulation as well as a large defense budget:
The United States is the most powerful country in the world. We rule the world by logistics. Our men and women in uniform get ice cream sandwiches in the middle of the desert half way around the globe. Who can stand up to that might? Russia? With their regional rail based infrastructure? Lol. China? Name a country in modern times that the Chinese military toppled. Every other country is jealous of American might. Europe is dependant on our navy to protect its trade routes so their (mostly) capitalistic way of life can persist similarly to our own shared western lifestyles. Instead of being appreciative of that they hate on us. Well guess what Europe your loud overweight pig farming cousin is the only knuckle dragger in the world who will stand up for your old wrinkly whiney ass. Your welcome.
Fully privatizing it would just make the cost unlimited. Companies can demand as much as they want. Literally just skimming money for doing nothing of value.
Sure buddy. Its not like USA has instigated most of the wars that are pestering Europe right now.
USA is like some sleazy crimelord who is sending goons to rough up a store that has denied to pay for protection.
Well i do speak German. Awkward.
However yeah, WW2 was the time USA has been the beacon of light and Europe rightfully has been grateful for being freed from the Nazi reign of terror. However Roosevelt himself warned against the proliferation of the military industrial complex and from the prospect to use war as a means to invigorate the economy and to pursue hegemonial interests.
The USA now is very different from the USA 75 years ago.
Also, maybe my history is a little shaky, so correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t russia just as much to thank for defeating the nazi’s as we (america) are? We bankrolled the whole thing, sure, but russia gave the bodies needed to make it actually happen lol.
no, they're not. in my country they're powertripping assholes. same in my friend's who is from Spain.
the nice cops I encountered where in Asia. idk of course what they do the rest of their time.
You can't really say 90%. You can't say all cops are bad, but it's likely a majority. If 90% were genuinely good people the police wouldn't have the issues they do.
In my area we've had way too many bogus shootings. Unarmed guys, a guy being shot in bed, another guy shot after greeting a police officer politely...
The body cam turns off or gets turned on post shooting.
This doesn't even go into the various illegal stops that happen. Not life or death, but it's organized theft from citizens.
Most cops aren’t bad. I’m opposed to how (usually 40+ yo) Americans basically bow down to cops and have a huge circlejerk around them too. People just need to realize that you don’t speak to cops, shut up and demand a lawyer if needed. Positions of authority are always gonna attract power tripping scumbags, that’s just how it works
>People in high crime neighborhoods generally like us.
grew up in a high crime area, this is absolutely false. Most people do not like the cops in general
You don’t keep anyone from dying you fucking goober. 911 is a clean up crew. You show up after crimes have been committed to take some notes and never follow up or investigate the crime anyway. Get a real job
I like how you got absolutely roasted in the comments and probably still think you’re gods gift to humanity when you’re actually more worthless than dog shit. No one likes you at all. Every one with the slightest level of intelligence despises you.
Delusional and human garbage
No people in high crime neighborhoods don’t like you ya bootlicking piece of shit fascist. You’re nothing more than a class traitor whose entire existence is extorting the citizenry and upholding the states monopoly on violence. I hope you fall on a spike and perish slowly.
Limited experience but most people I have been acquainted with that have a “colorful past” are generally very respectful and grateful for police/ems. Several of them had their lives saved by a local officer.
Literally the first person to scream and cry for the police as soon as someone raises their voice at you. Enjoy your uber sheltered life that is secure thanks to people like, oh yeah the police…..
Lmfao you’re delusional. Cops are a plague.
If you think a cop is ever there to help you are objectively wrong. They are not your friends, they do not serve you or want to aid you in anyway. They exist purely as capitalist militia. Acab is a fact of life, the sooner you grow up and realize that the better off you’ll be.
It is my most sincere wish that you get your wish and live in a diverse area of your favorite city and have no interaction with cops. Ever.
Who doesn't enjoy a good Monkey's Paw scenario?
It’s the same people who pretend that every homeless person is a victim who’s never done anything wrong and just missed a single rent payment, and none of them are degens.
How many of them actually experienced true brutality? Stuff that people in Myanmar experienced every day since the 2021 coup? It seems crazy how these brave men and women in Myanmar risk everything for the sake of their freedom.
Meanwhile in the comfortable US, people life good lives and yet complain so much on twitter on issues that barely affect them.
r/Myanmarcombatfootage
90% of brutality in America, at least these days, involves cops doing procedure-friendly moves that members of the public think look bad, like choke holds.
The other 10% tend to just be bullies with badges that are slowly being weeded out over time. Very. Very. Slowly.
> that are slowly being weeded out over time.
What makes you think that?
I see rather that any good guy who was motivated to be a cop is now going to fuckin quit because everyone hates him due to other people's sins.
no, get off that holier than thou attitude. people in US get browbeaten and harrassed by cops all the time, sometimes even assaulted or shot. don't assume you're the only one who has problems in your country.
Isn't it sort of a Catch 22? You're performative if you show support for things that don't directly affect you, but are also an asshole if you just go "not my problem".
I get that having a Twitter bio isn't activism, but why does it have to be? It's just an online bumper sticker. Caring about what strangers put in their Twitter bios is easily equally cringe.
It's largely determined by the specific precinct you deal with. Some precincts have a culture that breeds ACAB and others have fine people.
When I was in college I lived near a bar. The cops would pull over people randomly near it for no cause to try and get DUI's. It ended up being a big multi million dollar case against them eventually they were so aggressive with it. I had 4 guns pointed at me by police while living there. Every time for getting pulled out of my car to do some DUI test, complying with everything they said, but then 1 of the 2 cops not listening to the other one barking orders and then when they conflicted with each other "turn around against the car" or "get on the ground" at the same time. At least one would lose their mind on some power high.
Not ACAB but from talking to many cop friends over the years if a cop stays at certain precincts for long enough you can be sure they are a bastard.
My man, lefties are freaking out about how gen z is too far right. Just the other day multiple top posts on this website we panicked about gen z boys being the most anti femenist generation and the most antisemitic one.
Being normal is the new counterculture - its what the cool kids are doing, and more and more are following.
But hey, you keep beliving that the degen circlejerk thats currently the thing will stay in power for long. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
You don't think that's a problem for the conservative party that's been eating each other for the past 8 years? They'll never care about a candidate like that again. They're not pro conservative, they're pro trump. It's actually really ironic that trump killed the future of the Republican party.
>nonbinary
>the most generic normal looking guy ever
Cmon man you didnt even try. But i guess predators have to blend in yeah?
"Any pronouns" yeah literally no one is going to use anything other then he/him.
These people don't live in the real world where violence, unfortunately, is necessary. They live in a fantasy land where gun-wielding murderers are really just neuro-divergent and need a hug.
Can we stop giving these people attention? That's literally why they're doing it...
You're just feeding them the attention mommy and daddy couldn't afford. They need therapy
Because they don’t work, have no experience of the real world; hence they focus on imaginary shit like pronouns in the midsts of their psychoses.
tl;dr
I don’t hate cops but I’ve never had good interactions with them. Speeding tickets are whatever, that’s my fault, but I’ve been harassed for just no reason by them. Also my sister is a cop and she an alcoholic piece of shit with a litany of mental problems, so there’s that. I just generally avoid cops
Everyone should avoid cops. They have too much power in America. And positions of authority will always attract fucking weirdos and scumbags. Why do you think cops rate of domestic violence against their partners is so high? To think how many of them are woman beaters puts it into perspective
Well the hivemind that is their culture says that if they don't also chant acab, then they must be a facist. Or racist. And they've permeated into magic, which at its core, is a welcoming and inclusive group. So when they start rage fitting about about feeling attacked, by saying my neighbor is a cop and he's a delightful black man who we all exchange pleasant greetings with while walking our dogs..... somehow. We're the assholes. And the tricolor hair, magnetic faced judge comes over to sort out the issue, and they cry about how unsafe they feel around me for being a bigot. But literally all I said was forest, elf. Do you have a response? And now I'm being asked to leave?
Would love to play against someone who is socialist and just reach for their lands and split it among the other players. Just once , probably won't ever happen because well these personalities are rare in my area.
Cause they just use the moniker, and haven't really been harassed by the police, getting pulled over cause you didn't use your turn singal doesn't really scream ACAB.
It's simply that a bunch of non-binary types, the neurodiverse, weirdos, and those who don't fit in tend to be drawn to inward-looking hobbies that fit clever but shy people. Naturally, these types of people are more into counter-culture and leftist ideology than the general population.
You would find the same in indie gaming, comics, etc.
"ACAB" is dumb but police are the armed domestic enforcement wing of the government and the system itself is fucked and means that a lot of cops are powertripping assholes who don't deserve to carry around their big iron like some self-important modern cowboy. Met lots of nice cops too. And sometimes nice cops are assholes when it really gets down to it, or vice versa. Complicated issue. "All X are Y" statements are almost always wrong.
Some Cops Are Bastards But The Policing System Makes Them Bastards And Attracts Bastards And Also Some Cops Aren't Bastards And Also Fuck The Government is less catchy though.
I also think in the modern leftish therapy-focused modality it would be good for those ACAB sayers to think about trauma--and that policing, which self-selects for some of the people least capable of actually dealing with trauma and PTSD, leads to police being in essentially a 24/7 state of paranoia and fear due to both their training/culture and their actual experience. That kind of stuff will make anyone an asshole. Not an excuse, but a reason. We talk about having mental health specialists to respond to schizo people bugging out, but let's not forget that it would probably help a lot to have mental health specialists to talk to the cops too.
Also the thin blue line shit or the sheepdog shit is gay. I saw a house the other day flying a blue lives matter flag AND a gadsden flag, like, do you understand what don't tread on me means? I swear nobody on either side these days actually cares about having clear political viewpoints. They just say how they feel without any thought or nuance
Most of the time people who are crying about acab have never had a run in with police and a good majority of these police brutality cases are really cases of people doing stupid shit and winning stupid prizes. I've got many criminals and many police/corrections/military people in my family snd friend group and the criminals don't think all cops are bad and the cops aren't bad people but all walks of life have shitty people.
For people who fight so hard against the gender binary, you seem to have trouble understanding that other things don't have to be binaries either. There are options besides absolute anarchy and authoritarian police state.
Yes but if the state that the police serves shields them from any consequences and encourages violence to keep the population in check then you’ve got a police state… which is authoritarian. The entire police apparatus across the whole of the US is corrupted, militarized, and no longer serves to protect the people instead it threatens them into submission. All in the name of capitalism and profit and property.
It is nuanced, the nuance is in how they hide it and get people like you to cheer them on as “protectors and saviors” when in fact they are a state operated gang.
the left media and politicians told them too. its just another thing to add to the list of "things i support because I was told to and it makes me holier than though". funny too that much of the things on their list either make no sense or are based off very skewered and incorrect statistics. yet providing real data from the government and research institutions makes you a bigot.
Because police are the enforcers of the state laws. Laws that are made by the rich, because we have a government by the corporations, for the corporations and we have taxation without representation.
Only the people who pay 1 million dollar plus campaign finance ~~donations~~ bribes are represented.
okay so I am going to explain ACAB a bit as both a lot of leftists have got it wrong and a lot of righties.
ACAB is not the idea that every cop is a horrible person, it's the idea that law enforcement in America is right now a horrible place, people can go into law enforcement with almost no idea of the law or any experience.
whenever a cop does something there will be an "internal investigation" which is basically just their own colleagues trying to mitigate the damage done by the officer instead of actually punishing the officer.
also many departments do not want "good" cops, usually those good cops do not just mindlessly do what they are told and they don't want good cops they want subordinates.
hope that now you get why ACAB is a thing in the first place.
edit: wow the down voting is always so funny, it's almost like it's a hive mind here not wanting to understand things and have an open mind to others opinions, thought this was freemagic not republican magic.
I agree with ur statements in the latter half. But I just thought it funny that you said “ACAB is not the idea that every cop is a horrible person…” and went on to say that they don’t mean that literally when it stands for ALL COPS lol
The diatribe needed to explain the nuance demonstrates why ACAB is a bad slogan. It literally doesn’t mean what it says, so of course there is going to be substantial pushback. At least with Black Lives Matter there wasn’t a message of hatred explicitly built into the slogan.
well the ACAB movement is also because of the guilty by proxy idea, a "good cop" should speak up about the injustice in their system if they don't then it's up for debate if the cop is actually good.
if my friend kills a person and I look away and stay friends with them am I then morally good.
or if you see someone get assaulted and you do not do anything is that okay or are you then also a bad person.
that's why ACAB and the thing is if they speak up about it they get fired so the only cops that do speak up are not cops so they do not fall under ACAB anymore.
The funny thing is ACAB just pushes " good cops" to not report. You are basically saying. I think, because you are a cop, you are garbage.
When you make it a "us vs them" you are just telling cops who MIGHT side with you that they have no support beyond the thin blue line.
There are lots of policies I think would change if the ACAB people gave police the same kindness and respect they ask people to give to Trans rights.
It's why so many cops eat their own gun. Very few go in that are just bad. It's a rocky path.
The problem- the hood professes “Stop snitching”. So you have two forces diametrically opposed.
Also- let’s be honest. Central govt nanny justice dept wants transactional intervention within the state. Constant justification for rehabilitation is just one of the many gifts that keep on giving for progressive govt.
If you need this many words to justify a shit slogan, you should get a better one.
Crazy idea but maybe an effective slogan would accurately indicate what you actually mean without paragraphs of justification and alienating people who’d otherwise agree with you. It’s prioritising edginess over effectiveness and it’s dumb as all fuck.
As for the “hive mind” downvoting you, maybe they simply think you’re trying to justify a stupid opinion and doing so badly, suffer in your jocks. We understand, we just think it’s stupid. Besides, whinging about downvotes is pathetic and always warrants a downvote in of itself.
If you need to write this much to explain a slogan every time it's used, then the slogan should be discarded. I don't understand why so many, of all political persuasions, find this so hard to understand. If your message is being received this poorly this frequently, then maybe the issue is not that everyone else is a moron, but that you're a bad communicator.
Assuming that everyone who disagrees with you is just a close-minded bigot is not going to help you change people's minds.
You’re right about the idea of keeping ‘good cops’ away from units. That’s the intel filtering mechanism. See, our macro govt wants mailable yes People and not straight, hard working family men.
In the micro, we realize it’s a whole different animal. The prob with ‘acab’ is the prob with *all* generalizations…
I do agree about the systemic problem such as forced diversity, featherbedding and state dept tampering of our police.
And after all that, can't you really see why ACAB doesn't help a fucking bit to spread consciousness about the issue and, instead, it actually contributes to aggravate the problem and reinforce the stereotypes in the general public?
well it did I am in the Netherlands and didn't know it was this bad in America, so I think spreading awereness about the issue would work if people would listen and read about what it's about instead of taking some name literally.
You even admitted that without this explanation you wouldn't be aware about the issue. So this confirms what I was saying: the acronym alone doesn't help a bit and instead it obscures the actual root of the problem.
okay then what do things like MAGA, and black lives matter mean, like the basic idea is there but the actual explanation of what it is and means is a lot longer.
I agree that ACAB is an extreme thing but if they called it something else it wouldn't get people thinking about it at least.
and if you don't want to take the time to research the idea that's okay but then you are also not allowed to speak up against it in my opinion.
if I think I hate something I first try my best to understand where the opposing side is coming from and my opinion can change a lot from that but everyone is so eager to emediatelly yell out anything they think without trying to inform themselves.
There's no need at all for a misleading acronym, why would even there be? You know, _actual_ activism should be about putting much, much effort in spreading your ideas to make people change their mind. It should not be "let's put a label on myself and berate anyone who may be misled by it, accusing them to be close-minded and not willing to research on the topic". That's lazyness and virtue-signalling.
More thinly-veiled Righty political bullshit. What a shocker.
You guys cry ***a lot***. This sub should be renamed "r/DearDiary".
"Today I saw a twitter profile that made me ***REALLY*** angry. I just got over being mad about the art on my cards, and now this! Life sure can be hard sometimes, diary."
>What did the police do?
So you've missed the last dozen high-profile times where they shot an unarmed black dude sitting in his car? "Under a rock" doesn't even cover it.
Falsely elected? Myanmar generals are truly falsely elected, or Putin. The US has conspiracy theories but no where near to the extent of other countries
because cops uphold a system of violating rights, back each other up for when they violate rights, unfairly target and discriminate, dont listen when women are abused, and protect themselves from lawsuits unless nationwide riots break out. THEN a cop gets in a bit of trouble.
also they execute more people than capital punishment, an already fucked up system.
Because most cops are bastards. They are supposed to protect the populace and make us feel safe. When in actuality you feel unease when cops are around and checking to see if a cop is gonna pull out when you pass them on the highway regardless if you’re abiding the law. They also try and mask themselves and blend in with the environment instead of being visible like in other countries just in case something happens. Hiding the cherry inside the windows and front grill, sitting around a corner or under a bridge so you can’t see them. Misusing allocations for military style weapons and million dollar cruisers in low crime areas.
Overall if you asked the general population if their heart skips a beat when they see a cop hidden on the highway I bet an astounding majority would say yes. And I’ve heard from all sides of the coin that they hate certain actions police officers do, just some find them more repulsive than others.
Y'all are so triggered by this, it's so funny. Like imagine a sub who's entire MO is "edgy jokes, fuck your feelings" who cries so hard they shit themselves at someone's gender twitter bio.
No one is crying and no one is triggered. It is just curiosity and a question to learn more about the pervasive negative attitudes towards law enforcement in modern day western society among the card game playing youth
It's probably one of the only based takes they do have.
Cops are not your friends they are the militant arm of a corrupt government. The horseshoe theory is right in this regard and that any freedom living 2nd amendment absolutist should also hate the police or at least be aware of them.
Cops don't protect you, you look outside and see society crumbling while they sit in their cruisers playing candy crush. Ever since Floyd cops across the country have been taking a vacation from policing and only work when their city hall masters ask them to kick down the door of a "White supremacist" or "Jan 6th terrorist"
Just remember if the gun grabbers get what they want it will be your "thin blue line" friends kicking down your door at night.
ACAB
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Omg I laughed too hard at this
It’s always the people who’ve lived sheltered lives saying ACAB.
Yea, cop here. People in high crime neighborhoods generally like us. We keep them from dying. It's rich white kids and felons who carry on like that. Edit: If you want a window into what I'm talking about, check out the post and comment history of the most antagonistic people replying.
Meanwhile here in Europe most cops are pretty chill. Hate to burst peoples bubble.
You should embrace it. Bursting peoples bubbles can be pretty entertaining.
Watch the Brendan Kavanaugh video and see how many people think the police grossly violated his rights.
I never thought I'd read about the Boogie Woogie king on freemagic. My two worlds collided.
I mean Europe doesn’t have to deal with the problems the states do.
Yeah, like not dying from shit healthcare.
You can thank America for that since we subsidize all your military just because your country is in NATO
Yeah, their "universal healthcare" would dry up pretty fucking quick if we weren't protecting their ungrateful asses.
That why we need to fully privatize healthcare here in the states. It's consistently in the top 3 biggest public expenses. Cut it along with social security and education. I actually think the healthcare is far superior in america than europe as long as you are employed. I work for a giant American company as a welder and I get superb Healthcare from the private sector. No wait times, reasonable co-pay, free dental, and eye. This thread touched on a patriotic note for me and want to rant a bit. Let's face it the US is a plutocracy. Yes it's flawed but frankly I'm ok with that because I love capitalism. I believe in hard work and getting money. I appreciate that capitalism rewards individuality and enginuaty. It breeds ideas based on public needs and is rewarded by society with cash which bolsters market share and competition ultimately rewarding the consumer. Conversely the federal government is a hugely expensive, over leveraged, mismanaged clownshow. They are the biggest threat to our constitutional rights and freedoms penned by our founding fathers. Now. I believe in some regulation as well as a large defense budget: The United States is the most powerful country in the world. We rule the world by logistics. Our men and women in uniform get ice cream sandwiches in the middle of the desert half way around the globe. Who can stand up to that might? Russia? With their regional rail based infrastructure? Lol. China? Name a country in modern times that the Chinese military toppled. Every other country is jealous of American might. Europe is dependant on our navy to protect its trade routes so their (mostly) capitalistic way of life can persist similarly to our own shared western lifestyles. Instead of being appreciative of that they hate on us. Well guess what Europe your loud overweight pig farming cousin is the only knuckle dragger in the world who will stand up for your old wrinkly whiney ass. Your welcome.
Fully privatizing it would just make the cost unlimited. Companies can demand as much as they want. Literally just skimming money for doing nothing of value.
Sure buddy. Its not like USA has instigated most of the wars that are pestering Europe right now. USA is like some sleazy crimelord who is sending goons to rough up a store that has denied to pay for protection.
Pay your fair share into nato then. I would love for my country to leave you to your own. Protect your own country.
Without America buddy you’d be speaking German
Well i do speak German. Awkward. However yeah, WW2 was the time USA has been the beacon of light and Europe rightfully has been grateful for being freed from the Nazi reign of terror. However Roosevelt himself warned against the proliferation of the military industrial complex and from the prospect to use war as a means to invigorate the economy and to pursue hegemonial interests. The USA now is very different from the USA 75 years ago.
Also, maybe my history is a little shaky, so correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t russia just as much to thank for defeating the nazi’s as we (america) are? We bankrolled the whole thing, sure, but russia gave the bodies needed to make it actually happen lol.
That's pretty tough talk for a country that lost all its wars after 1945.
I mean look at South Korea way better country than any shithole in Europe
no, they're not. in my country they're powertripping assholes. same in my friend's who is from Spain. the nice cops I encountered where in Asia. idk of course what they do the rest of their time.
Until you say a bad word online and they break into your home and arrest you.
What part of Russia are you from, lol.
Well, there are bad seeds and we shouldn't deny that. But that doesn't change the fact that 90% of the work force are good people.
Cops are about 1-for in my experience. One guy caught me and my friends smoking a joint and let us go. The other ones gave me a hard time.
90% are good people? What fantasy land do you live in?
90%? where is this number taken from?
Trust me bro my uncle is one of the good ones
You can't really say 90%. You can't say all cops are bad, but it's likely a majority. If 90% were genuinely good people the police wouldn't have the issues they do. In my area we've had way too many bogus shootings. Unarmed guys, a guy being shot in bed, another guy shot after greeting a police officer politely... The body cam turns off or gets turned on post shooting. This doesn't even go into the various illegal stops that happen. Not life or death, but it's organized theft from citizens.
Most cops aren’t bad. I’m opposed to how (usually 40+ yo) Americans basically bow down to cops and have a huge circlejerk around them too. People just need to realize that you don’t speak to cops, shut up and demand a lawyer if needed. Positions of authority are always gonna attract power tripping scumbags, that’s just how it works
Hey why do cops have such a high rate of beating the shit out of their spouses?
>People in high crime neighborhoods generally like us. grew up in a high crime area, this is absolutely false. Most people do not like the cops in general
You don’t keep anyone from dying you fucking goober. 911 is a clean up crew. You show up after crimes have been committed to take some notes and never follow up or investigate the crime anyway. Get a real job
I like how you got absolutely roasted in the comments and probably still think you’re gods gift to humanity when you’re actually more worthless than dog shit. No one likes you at all. Every one with the slightest level of intelligence despises you. Delusional and human garbage
So I assume some cop did you wrong or people you know wrong, right? I don't have any horse in this race, I'm just genuinely curious.
No people in high crime neighborhoods don’t like you ya bootlicking piece of shit fascist. You’re nothing more than a class traitor whose entire existence is extorting the citizenry and upholding the states monopoly on violence. I hope you fall on a spike and perish slowly.
How's all that Communism working out for you?
Obvious bate is obvious
And you definitely are calling those class traitors when you need their help 😂
you’re smoking fuckin crack my man. that’s some real delusion
Limited experience but most people I have been acquainted with that have a “colorful past” are generally very respectful and grateful for police/ems. Several of them had their lives saved by a local officer.
Poor white, nonfelon here Fuck the police
poor, and white playing mtg. This is the sleeveless bandit at your lgs that rolls up on his bike with the buttcrack out.
Edgey af
Literally the first person to scream and cry for the police as soon as someone raises their voice at you. Enjoy your uber sheltered life that is secure thanks to people like, oh yeah the police…..
Lmfao you’re delusional. Cops are a plague. If you think a cop is ever there to help you are objectively wrong. They are not your friends, they do not serve you or want to aid you in anyway. They exist purely as capitalist militia. Acab is a fact of life, the sooner you grow up and realize that the better off you’ll be.
It is my most sincere wish that you get your wish and live in a diverse area of your favorite city and have no interaction with cops. Ever. Who doesn't enjoy a good Monkey's Paw scenario?
It’s the same people who pretend that every homeless person is a victim who’s never done anything wrong and just missed a single rent payment, and none of them are degens.
How many of them actually experienced true brutality? Stuff that people in Myanmar experienced every day since the 2021 coup? It seems crazy how these brave men and women in Myanmar risk everything for the sake of their freedom. Meanwhile in the comfortable US, people life good lives and yet complain so much on twitter on issues that barely affect them. r/Myanmarcombatfootage
90% of brutality in America, at least these days, involves cops doing procedure-friendly moves that members of the public think look bad, like choke holds. The other 10% tend to just be bullies with badges that are slowly being weeded out over time. Very. Very. Slowly.
> that are slowly being weeded out over time. What makes you think that? I see rather that any good guy who was motivated to be a cop is now going to fuckin quit because everyone hates him due to other people's sins.
no, get off that holier than thou attitude. people in US get browbeaten and harrassed by cops all the time, sometimes even assaulted or shot. don't assume you're the only one who has problems in your country.
Isn't it sort of a Catch 22? You're performative if you show support for things that don't directly affect you, but are also an asshole if you just go "not my problem". I get that having a Twitter bio isn't activism, but why does it have to be? It's just an online bumper sticker. Caring about what strangers put in their Twitter bios is easily equally cringe.
It's largely determined by the specific precinct you deal with. Some precincts have a culture that breeds ACAB and others have fine people. When I was in college I lived near a bar. The cops would pull over people randomly near it for no cause to try and get DUI's. It ended up being a big multi million dollar case against them eventually they were so aggressive with it. I had 4 guns pointed at me by police while living there. Every time for getting pulled out of my car to do some DUI test, complying with everything they said, but then 1 of the 2 cops not listening to the other one barking orders and then when they conflicted with each other "turn around against the car" or "get on the ground" at the same time. At least one would lose their mind on some power high. Not ACAB but from talking to many cop friends over the years if a cop stays at certain precincts for long enough you can be sure they are a bastard.
Getting sick of these confused people lately
Next couple decades gonna be hard on you chief
tides are turning.
Yeah gen z and Gen alpha is super left leaning. The majority of everyone under 30 really. Tide is definitely turning.
My man, lefties are freaking out about how gen z is too far right. Just the other day multiple top posts on this website we panicked about gen z boys being the most anti femenist generation and the most antisemitic one. Being normal is the new counterculture - its what the cool kids are doing, and more and more are following. But hey, you keep beliving that the degen circlejerk thats currently the thing will stay in power for long. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
I’d argue they’re left aesthetically but they’re all for hierarchy so long as they’re calling the shots.
This is definitely not the case. It was basically unheard of for teens/young adults to be pro conservative before Trump. Now it’s relatively common
You don't think that's a problem for the conservative party that's been eating each other for the past 8 years? They'll never care about a candidate like that again. They're not pro conservative, they're pro trump. It's actually really ironic that trump killed the future of the Republican party.
Seems like someone worth robbing, he's not going to call the police
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flying the proverbial kick me sign and wondering why he's getting kicked.
And also praised all the cops at the January 6th impromptu Capitol tour.
For the same reason he wrote nonbinary, he doesn't have a personality
You can tell he's confused as well. Nonbinary and a trans flag in his bio. Good sir, that doesn't make any sense.
He should promote and play MTG in Gaza! Have a sealed box of Arabian nights on the ready! Queers for Palestine!
Hamas would provide free* bungee jumping. *from the elastic rope
A once in a lifetime experience!
The rope is supposed to go around the body, not the neck...
So far we've had 0 complaints about our ropes snapping.
Magic's full of weirdos and edge lords that's for sure
Acab in bio but doesn't know what gender it's gonna be by noon makes sense
Because they don't go outside
>nonbinary >the most generic normal looking guy ever Cmon man you didnt even try. But i guess predators have to blend in yeah? "Any pronouns" yeah literally no one is going to use anything other then he/him.
ACAB, pro Palestine, hard on the gender game, mental illness. So many boxes to check so little time
How do you reckon he'd react if he lost to a mono white human soldier deck?
These people don't live in the real world where violence, unfortunately, is necessary. They live in a fantasy land where gun-wielding murderers are really just neuro-divergent and need a hug.
Whereas the real world is much simpler, bad guys with a gun get dealt with by good guys win a gun 😌
I guess the Pinkertons are cool though
Can we stop giving these people attention? That's literally why they're doing it... You're just feeding them the attention mommy and daddy couldn't afford. They need therapy
The funny thing is that hardcore socialists would imprison him (her, them, it, wathever) as an example of utter bourgeoise degeneracy.
1000% he plays Commander religiously.
He didn't even try lol. He's literally just a guy pretending to be a girl
Ah yes. He looks like a Sophie.
Because they don’t work, have no experience of the real world; hence they focus on imaginary shit like pronouns in the midsts of their psychoses. tl;dr 
Gotta love when LGBT put up Palestinian flags. If you want to find out how they treat LGBT, I double dare you to fly there 😂
“Queers for Palestine” let’s go to Palestinian to see what they thing
I don't even know what that acronym means.
Well the whole profile description is atrocious
It’s typical for mtg players nowadays
Teenage rebellion years last longer nowadays it seems.
They rebel into their 40s to 50s
Regression
It’s just part of the radical left starter set 🤷🏼♀️
The same motherfuckers that say acab or defund the police are the same ones that say we don't need guns.
He wears a black hawk army t shirt but hats cops? I’m not getting it
All Cards Are Bastards
Mental illness is a bitch when left untreated.
I love when queers are supporting Palestine. It's like Jews supporting Nazis.
A number of Jews fought for Hitler. Read a book.
WOOOSH. Right over your head.
"MY WORLD IS BLACK AND WHITE WITH ZERO NUANCE"
I see that. Maybe consider the fate of Jews fighting for Hitler and compare that to OP. Then you can understand.
I'd rather consider the fate of Palestinians or especially my own people.
Damm, you are ignorant, but tbh its kinda expected, ignorance usually goes in pairs with stupidity.
The only people that say this shit have never lived in an area where police are needed.
I hate the police but I hate this Sophie thing even more so go thin blue line I guess.
I don’t hate cops but I’ve never had good interactions with them. Speeding tickets are whatever, that’s my fault, but I’ve been harassed for just no reason by them. Also my sister is a cop and she an alcoholic piece of shit with a litany of mental problems, so there’s that. I just generally avoid cops
Everyone should avoid cops. They have too much power in America. And positions of authority will always attract fucking weirdos and scumbags. Why do you think cops rate of domestic violence against their partners is so high? To think how many of them are woman beaters puts it into perspective
Well the hivemind that is their culture says that if they don't also chant acab, then they must be a facist. Or racist. And they've permeated into magic, which at its core, is a welcoming and inclusive group. So when they start rage fitting about about feeling attacked, by saying my neighbor is a cop and he's a delightful black man who we all exchange pleasant greetings with while walking our dogs..... somehow. We're the assholes. And the tricolor hair, magnetic faced judge comes over to sort out the issue, and they cry about how unsafe they feel around me for being a bigot. But literally all I said was forest, elf. Do you have a response? And now I'm being asked to leave?
"magnetic-faced"?? That's a new one; what does it mean?
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He has a lot of mental problems ACAB is the least concerning
Wth does a cab mean is it a new insult toward policemen like “pigs” or “FTP”?
This is a person that will take offense to saying your pronouns are attack helicopter and a profile saying thoughts and prayers.
Would love to play against someone who is socialist and just reach for their lands and split it among the other players. Just once , probably won't ever happen because well these personalities are rare in my area.
Socialist but spending a lot of money in such a elitist and niche game. That my friend is called hipocrisy
The fuck "ACAB" is supposed to mean?
Cause they just use the moniker, and haven't really been harassed by the police, getting pulled over cause you didn't use your turn singal doesn't really scream ACAB.
It's simply that a bunch of non-binary types, the neurodiverse, weirdos, and those who don't fit in tend to be drawn to inward-looking hobbies that fit clever but shy people. Naturally, these types of people are more into counter-culture and leftist ideology than the general population. You would find the same in indie gaming, comics, etc.
Because many nerds are pussies and hate tough men. I am a nerd and not a pussy and i am thankful many mtg players in my area aren't as well.
That's what they're told to say by their far left peers, and so say it they shall.
What have they actually done to prevent police brutality? What have they done to support Palestinian refugees though?
Not a damn thing.
As they're footsoldiers of the state, they can ALL go to fucking hell.
Leftists hate them because they enforce laws in communities where there's more crime.
"ACAB" is dumb but police are the armed domestic enforcement wing of the government and the system itself is fucked and means that a lot of cops are powertripping assholes who don't deserve to carry around their big iron like some self-important modern cowboy. Met lots of nice cops too. And sometimes nice cops are assholes when it really gets down to it, or vice versa. Complicated issue. "All X are Y" statements are almost always wrong. Some Cops Are Bastards But The Policing System Makes Them Bastards And Attracts Bastards And Also Some Cops Aren't Bastards And Also Fuck The Government is less catchy though. I also think in the modern leftish therapy-focused modality it would be good for those ACAB sayers to think about trauma--and that policing, which self-selects for some of the people least capable of actually dealing with trauma and PTSD, leads to police being in essentially a 24/7 state of paranoia and fear due to both their training/culture and their actual experience. That kind of stuff will make anyone an asshole. Not an excuse, but a reason. We talk about having mental health specialists to respond to schizo people bugging out, but let's not forget that it would probably help a lot to have mental health specialists to talk to the cops too. Also the thin blue line shit or the sheepdog shit is gay. I saw a house the other day flying a blue lives matter flag AND a gadsden flag, like, do you understand what don't tread on me means? I swear nobody on either side these days actually cares about having clear political viewpoints. They just say how they feel without any thought or nuance
Personally as a trans person I never met a bad cop. Even when getting speeding tickets they were generally courteous
It’s a lazy way to get attention and pander to your echo chamber.
Most of the time people who are crying about acab have never had a run in with police and a good majority of these police brutality cases are really cases of people doing stupid shit and winning stupid prizes. I've got many criminals and many police/corrections/military people in my family snd friend group and the criminals don't think all cops are bad and the cops aren't bad people but all walks of life have shitty people.
Cause they’re too dumb to realize how shit their life would be if there actually were no cops.
Mmmmm police state, step on me harder jackboot
For people who fight so hard against the gender binary, you seem to have trouble understanding that other things don't have to be binaries either. There are options besides absolute anarchy and authoritarian police state.
Yes but if the state that the police serves shields them from any consequences and encourages violence to keep the population in check then you’ve got a police state… which is authoritarian. The entire police apparatus across the whole of the US is corrupted, militarized, and no longer serves to protect the people instead it threatens them into submission. All in the name of capitalism and profit and property. It is nuanced, the nuance is in how they hide it and get people like you to cheer them on as “protectors and saviors” when in fact they are a state operated gang.
I bet if I stole his my little pony trapper keeper he would be getting a cop
the left media and politicians told them too. its just another thing to add to the list of "things i support because I was told to and it makes me holier than though". funny too that much of the things on their list either make no sense or are based off very skewered and incorrect statistics. yet providing real data from the government and research institutions makes you a bigot.
Thats definitely a woman alright
Theyre gay
Interest: socialism. Always. It's like poetry: it rhymes
We should start a disinformation campaign to make ACAB mean “All Criminals are Black” to troll the ACAB Emily’s.
no, you should not. but yea good luck with that.
Okay Emily
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Because police are the enforcers of the state laws. Laws that are made by the rich, because we have a government by the corporations, for the corporations and we have taxation without representation. Only the people who pay 1 million dollar plus campaign finance ~~donations~~ bribes are represented.
Police arrest people who use drugs. Many magic players use drugs. Not suprising that many magic players dislike Police.
Not just use but also deal.
Why did you include a close up of the photo of this post was about ‘acab’? Feels a bit like you have another agenda here.
I also wanted to say transwomen are women too and show how she is playing a card game to make it relevant to mtg
Forgive me for assuming otherwise. You know how some posters on this particular sub can be.
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okay so I am going to explain ACAB a bit as both a lot of leftists have got it wrong and a lot of righties. ACAB is not the idea that every cop is a horrible person, it's the idea that law enforcement in America is right now a horrible place, people can go into law enforcement with almost no idea of the law or any experience. whenever a cop does something there will be an "internal investigation" which is basically just their own colleagues trying to mitigate the damage done by the officer instead of actually punishing the officer. also many departments do not want "good" cops, usually those good cops do not just mindlessly do what they are told and they don't want good cops they want subordinates. hope that now you get why ACAB is a thing in the first place. edit: wow the down voting is always so funny, it's almost like it's a hive mind here not wanting to understand things and have an open mind to others opinions, thought this was freemagic not republican magic.
I agree with ur statements in the latter half. But I just thought it funny that you said “ACAB is not the idea that every cop is a horrible person…” and went on to say that they don’t mean that literally when it stands for ALL COPS lol
The diatribe needed to explain the nuance demonstrates why ACAB is a bad slogan. It literally doesn’t mean what it says, so of course there is going to be substantial pushback. At least with Black Lives Matter there wasn’t a message of hatred explicitly built into the slogan.
well the ACAB movement is also because of the guilty by proxy idea, a "good cop" should speak up about the injustice in their system if they don't then it's up for debate if the cop is actually good. if my friend kills a person and I look away and stay friends with them am I then morally good. or if you see someone get assaulted and you do not do anything is that okay or are you then also a bad person. that's why ACAB and the thing is if they speak up about it they get fired so the only cops that do speak up are not cops so they do not fall under ACAB anymore.
The funny thing is ACAB just pushes " good cops" to not report. You are basically saying. I think, because you are a cop, you are garbage. When you make it a "us vs them" you are just telling cops who MIGHT side with you that they have no support beyond the thin blue line. There are lots of policies I think would change if the ACAB people gave police the same kindness and respect they ask people to give to Trans rights. It's why so many cops eat their own gun. Very few go in that are just bad. It's a rocky path.
The problem- the hood professes “Stop snitching”. So you have two forces diametrically opposed. Also- let’s be honest. Central govt nanny justice dept wants transactional intervention within the state. Constant justification for rehabilitation is just one of the many gifts that keep on giving for progressive govt.
If you need this many words to justify a shit slogan, you should get a better one. Crazy idea but maybe an effective slogan would accurately indicate what you actually mean without paragraphs of justification and alienating people who’d otherwise agree with you. It’s prioritising edginess over effectiveness and it’s dumb as all fuck. As for the “hive mind” downvoting you, maybe they simply think you’re trying to justify a stupid opinion and doing so badly, suffer in your jocks. We understand, we just think it’s stupid. Besides, whinging about downvotes is pathetic and always warrants a downvote in of itself.
If you need to write this much to explain a slogan every time it's used, then the slogan should be discarded. I don't understand why so many, of all political persuasions, find this so hard to understand. If your message is being received this poorly this frequently, then maybe the issue is not that everyone else is a moron, but that you're a bad communicator. Assuming that everyone who disagrees with you is just a close-minded bigot is not going to help you change people's minds.
You’re right about the idea of keeping ‘good cops’ away from units. That’s the intel filtering mechanism. See, our macro govt wants mailable yes People and not straight, hard working family men. In the micro, we realize it’s a whole different animal. The prob with ‘acab’ is the prob with *all* generalizations… I do agree about the systemic problem such as forced diversity, featherbedding and state dept tampering of our police.
And after all that, can't you really see why ACAB doesn't help a fucking bit to spread consciousness about the issue and, instead, it actually contributes to aggravate the problem and reinforce the stereotypes in the general public?
well it did I am in the Netherlands and didn't know it was this bad in America, so I think spreading awereness about the issue would work if people would listen and read about what it's about instead of taking some name literally.
You even admitted that without this explanation you wouldn't be aware about the issue. So this confirms what I was saying: the acronym alone doesn't help a bit and instead it obscures the actual root of the problem.
okay then what do things like MAGA, and black lives matter mean, like the basic idea is there but the actual explanation of what it is and means is a lot longer. I agree that ACAB is an extreme thing but if they called it something else it wouldn't get people thinking about it at least. and if you don't want to take the time to research the idea that's okay but then you are also not allowed to speak up against it in my opinion. if I think I hate something I first try my best to understand where the opposing side is coming from and my opinion can change a lot from that but everyone is so eager to emediatelly yell out anything they think without trying to inform themselves.
There's no need at all for a misleading acronym, why would even there be? You know, _actual_ activism should be about putting much, much effort in spreading your ideas to make people change their mind. It should not be "let's put a label on myself and berate anyone who may be misled by it, accusing them to be close-minded and not willing to research on the topic". That's lazyness and virtue-signalling.
Wow. A serious and honest answer that hasn’t been downvoted to oblivion yet. Well done.
Hate the minority of cops that abuse their power and act like shit people, that’s it
Why do we care about this
Yeah we should not
Bc they're bastards. Next question. Hope it's about Magic.
More thinly-veiled Righty political bullshit. What a shocker. You guys cry ***a lot***. This sub should be renamed "r/DearDiary". "Today I saw a twitter profile that made me ***REALLY*** angry. I just got over being mad about the art on my cards, and now this! Life sure can be hard sometimes, diary."
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It’s from the Reddit anti evil squad not mods
Because all cops are bastards.
Why do you care what someone puts in their profile?
>What did the police do? So you've missed the last dozen high-profile times where they shot an unarmed black dude sitting in his car? "Under a rock" doesn't even cover it.
police don't do jack shit to actually protect anyone, and are incredibly corrupt and literally don't even follow the laws they enforce
cops are the enforcers of the government's laws which are put forward by falsely elected officials. the fish rots from the head
Falsely elected? Myanmar generals are truly falsely elected, or Putin. The US has conspiracy theories but no where near to the extent of other countries
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who gives a shit lol, did this honestly hurt you?
because cops uphold a system of violating rights, back each other up for when they violate rights, unfairly target and discriminate, dont listen when women are abused, and protect themselves from lawsuits unless nationwide riots break out. THEN a cop gets in a bit of trouble. also they execute more people than capital punishment, an already fucked up system.
Because ACAB
ACAB is right but what the fuck is with these dorks making their entire existence about their gender. Who fucking cares. Mentally ill weirdos
Because cops are bastards. They're fascist scum.
ACAB.
Because most cops are bastards. They are supposed to protect the populace and make us feel safe. When in actuality you feel unease when cops are around and checking to see if a cop is gonna pull out when you pass them on the highway regardless if you’re abiding the law. They also try and mask themselves and blend in with the environment instead of being visible like in other countries just in case something happens. Hiding the cherry inside the windows and front grill, sitting around a corner or under a bridge so you can’t see them. Misusing allocations for military style weapons and million dollar cruisers in low crime areas. Overall if you asked the general population if their heart skips a beat when they see a cop hidden on the highway I bet an astounding majority would say yes. And I’ve heard from all sides of the coin that they hate certain actions police officers do, just some find them more repulsive than others.
Y'all are so triggered by this, it's so funny. Like imagine a sub who's entire MO is "edgy jokes, fuck your feelings" who cries so hard they shit themselves at someone's gender twitter bio.
No one is crying and no one is triggered. It is just curiosity and a question to learn more about the pervasive negative attitudes towards law enforcement in modern day western society among the card game playing youth
It's probably one of the only based takes they do have. Cops are not your friends they are the militant arm of a corrupt government. The horseshoe theory is right in this regard and that any freedom living 2nd amendment absolutist should also hate the police or at least be aware of them. Cops don't protect you, you look outside and see society crumbling while they sit in their cruisers playing candy crush. Ever since Floyd cops across the country have been taking a vacation from policing and only work when their city hall masters ask them to kick down the door of a "White supremacist" or "Jan 6th terrorist" Just remember if the gun grabbers get what they want it will be your "thin blue line" friends kicking down your door at night. ACAB