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A young white man who looks like he could be a cop, with hands on his hips, looking down with an expressive face of lighthearted judgment. Looking up at him is a silly dog with an equally expressive face of ironic bashfulness. Over-layed text reads: “When two antisocials on opposite sides of the legal system interact”


Yeah, “All Cops” means all cops, including my brother, but I still love him

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    6 days ago

    If they change their beliefs and actions, they are no longer Nazis. They can’t erase what they’ve done or said, and you don’t need to forgive them, but they can start working against fascism instead of for it.

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        5 days ago

        Yeah, “All Cops” means all cops, including my brother, but I still love him

        Did you miss this bit?

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            5 days ago

            I’d rather go with:
            OP’s brother is not his occupation. He wasn’t born a cop, so let’s not objectify him as one. Who knows how he ended up with this job and how easy it would be to get him to quit. I have no problem with OP loving his brother, and he can hope/want/urge his brother to change his occupation.

            I’d prefer not to go with:
            OP is a cop-loving bastard sympathizer.

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              ACAB to me and most of those I’ve talked to it about, means there’s not such thing as a good cop. All cops uphold a damaging system of authority whether they try to be good or not.

              I wouldn’t take it so literally as calling someone whose brother is a cop a bastard sympathiser. Although I understand some people do.

              I also wouldn’t use it to insult someone who used to be a cop but got woke.

              Anyways. I think me and you generally agree but are arguing about semantics ahah.

            • I can tell you’re coming from a good place with this and wanted to be supportive of me! It’s very kind, but unfortunately I think it’s misplaced.

              My brother almost certainly won’t change- pretty sure he voted for trump twice, and he’s been climbing the ranks over the past decade. I genuinely don’t have any moral/ethical justification for keeping him in my life 😬