@MistedTwister@RossKneeDeep He had every right to show who he is. And people have a right to respond to his embrace of a racist misogynistic fascist in a town that represents opposite values.
@MarkGabriele22@RossKneeDeep How about executive orders reversing all DEI programs to directly affect people of color, his immigration policy only affecting POC. His embrace of fascist, nazi groups. Resending racist memes on his platform. Either you are i. A hole somewhere or just willfully ignorant.
@ThatCyberLiger@NFL_DovKleiman In the NFL no money is guaranteed. To.spend that much money on assets that diminish in value is ignorant AF. Make sure you have some longevity in the league before spending lavishly
@TraiDay79 Its more because of the Man he was more than the Coach. He did things the right way and earned the respect of most of the people who's lives he touched. He is greatly appreciated and will be missed.
Shared today by Bev Perry in the Expand Dem Values in the House and Senate Facebook group.
I need to say something that's been bothering me for a while, and I'm saying it as a Marine Corps veteran who leans center-right.
This isn't partisan. This is observation.
We've slow-faded into accepting militarized police as normal, and nobody seems to notice or care.
Even as a USMC pilot, I went through six months of infantry training as an officer before flight school. I've worn the gear. The helmet, the tactical vest, the whole kit. And I can tell you from experience, it changes you.
There's a psychological shift that happens when you strap that stuff on. You feel different. You carry yourself different. You start seeing the environment differently. In the Marine Corps, that shift was appropriate because it's a combat culture and organization.
But these are American streets. American citizens. And we've got law enforcement dressed like they're kicking down doors in Fallujah to serve warrants in suburbia.
What happend to high standards and real policing tactics? Think Adam-12...Officers Reed and Malloy. Crisp uniforms. A revolver. A baton. High standards and professionalism. They looked like public servants because they were public servants. They de-escalated. They talked to people. They were part of the community.
Now? Tactical gear, beards, ball caps, Oakley sunglasses, sleeve tattoos, and a tactical kit that would make special operators jealous. And we've turned it into a fetish. We celebrate it. We assume that because someone looks hard, they must be a professional.
They're not.
I loved the Marine Corps. But I'll be honest, I was also blinded by it for a while. Mission first. Unit over everything. And that mentality made sense in that context.
But law enforcement doesn't get that critical examination. "Back the Blue" has become a shield against accountability. A blanket assumption that a badge plus gun equals hero. That tactical gear equals competence.
It doesn't.
Most people who join law enforcement aren't special operators. They're average people who desperately want to belong to something bigger than themselves. I understand that impulse deeply, it's why I joined the Marines. But wanting to belong doesn't make you qualified. Looking the part doesn't mean you can perform under pressure. And wrapping yourself in warrior aesthetics doesn't make you a warrior.
Old school law enforcement represented something. Standards. Bearing. Discipline. Professionalism that was demonstrated, not costumed. A revolver and a baton meant you had to rely on your training, your words, your judgment, not overwhelming firepower.
What I see now in law enforcement is the costume without the culture. The gear without the training. The authority without the accountability.
Are there good people in law enforcement? Of course. I know some personally. But this reflexive "law enforcement can do no wrong" mentality is lazy, dangerous, and intellectually dishonest.
A woman is dead. And before we sort ourselves into teams and start assigning blame, maybe we should ask harder questions:
Why do we accept a militarized police force as normal?
Why do we assume tactical gear equals tactical competence?
Why have we let "Back the Blue" become a substitute for actual standards?
I wore the uniform. I went through the training. I know what that gear does to your head.
It shouldn't be normalized on American streets against American citizens.
And we shouldn't pretend everyone wearing it is qualified to carry it. The fact that he called her a “fucking bitch” after he shot her three times should be a huge red flag for all of us.
@itsJeffTiedrich Like in the story the Hunchback of Notre Dame when Quasimoto believed he was being crowned a King when actually it was King of Fools. Just like this idiot.
@JumaaneWilliams@nyknicks Sometimes I get flashbacks to the days whe they played great for 3 and a half quarters and still lose. He got to have better 2nd quarter output.
@nayanikaaa@queerBengali Especially when everything theybare doing now was written in Project 2025 and the groups who are suffering now said "Yep, I'm good with all of it".
@KeithOlbermann@stephenasmith SAS equates volume with intelligence. Sometimes the wisest men know to not speak on things they have no knowledge of and fools think they know all of which they speak.
@LeadingReport Is Ice Cube running for office or starting a PAC capable of financially supporting a successful candidate. Does he he have any candidates in mind to support who could compete. If no, then he is just talking out his ass and some are eating it up.