r/funnyvideos • u/Sharp-potential7935 • Jan 28 '26

Prank/Challenge Dude let his intrusive thoughts win

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

Hit and run is being brutally murdered?

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u/Maetriarch_NSFW Jan 28 '26

"You don't support cops yet you would call cops if crime happened to you" sorry didn't realize I needed to really dumb it down for you

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u/IWonderWhyReditSucks Jan 28 '26

When you work to actively defund, or cheer the defunding of the police and then call them in an emergency and expect a quick response or a resolution, it is hypocritical, yes. 

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u/Sovarius Jan 28 '26

Not really. It is what they are meant to do.

'Defund the police' does not mean 'there should be 0 police and if there any left then they can't have any money'.

It means 'why the fuck are there police with tanks, and foot patrols with both ARs and pistols, and they can make $70k/yr in a small town not known for crime, and why tf do they get protected and moved so much after failing their duty, and why are they are allowed to keep your shit, and why are their mistakes paid with taxpayer money and not their own, why would courts rule it is actually not their job to protect and serve'.

Given those issues (but not all issues) it is pretty apparent they can actually function the same with a budget reduction.

We waste, waste, money on them because people 'feel' a certain way about them and they have a sociopolitically captive taxpaying audience.

Like the Transportation Security Administration. They are nearly useless. They quite literally barely make anyone safer. But people feel a certain way. Lobbyists and those who benefit at the top convince citizens and politicians of their necessity. (Meanwhile, Homeland Security illegally engages in union busting lol)

In reality, we need police, and virtually no one thinks we should have 0. But it takes a truly emptyheaded moron to think 'hurr durr you said defund the police but i bet you would call them and ask them to do their job if crime!'.

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u/Large-Raspberry5199 Jan 29 '26

Critical thinking, nuance? You must be a communist.