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Even worse. The police has both the authority and the budget to:
- Test candidates before they hire them as cops.
- Train their cops.
- Discipline the violent cops.
Protest organizers can’t do these things. Anyone who wants to join the protest just needs to arrive at the appointed time and place, and if they behave badly - the ones allowed to punish them are not the protest organizers but the police.
It’s also worse because it’s violence of the oppressor vs violence of the oppressed.
Its even more true when the most violent in a protest are working with the cops or are cops themselves.
It’s interesting how much in this thread aligns with what people on the right say about Jan 6.
Go astroturf elsewhere asshole.
… but it’s just a few bad apples. Most cops are very fine people.
Edit: /s Jesus
The original intent of that metaphor is correct in your use, but it’s rarely recognized. It began as “a rotten apple quickly infects its neighbor.” Over time, it became “one bad apple ruins the bunch.” Now it’s used as just “one bad apple” to infer minimal or selective corruption, completely discrediting the point of the analogy.
It’s also worth noting the implication of the full phrase. If you remove the bad apples quickly enough, then you can save the rest. If you can remove the corrupt elements, then you can protect the group overall. If you leave them to fester then you’ll have a lot more cutting required to clean up.
I’m sorry, kinda hilarious that you had to add a sarcasm tag. And sad.
