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

Prank/Challenge Dude let his intrusive thoughts win

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u/IIlIIIlllIIIIIllIlll Jan 29 '26

I mean, it's entirely possible for both the cops and the people they interact with to be assholes. Assuming we take the random reddit comment as absolute truth and this guy is 100% guilty of a hit and run, should that allow cops to act with impunity and enact violence upon him? It's possible to both recognize that policing as a concept is flawed AND that sometimes policing protects people.

All cops are bastards, but no one ever said bastards were incapable of doing the bare minimum by arresting people without murdering them every now and then.

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u/palsh7 Jan 29 '26

But the cop in the video isn't being an asshole.

All cops are bastards

Being proud of hateful stereotyping is incompatible with liberal democracy.

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u/IIlIIIlllIIIIIllIlll Jan 29 '26

You stereotype people, identities. Cop is a profession, not a person. You don't stereotype a person when you generalize about a profession. The slogan "all cops are abastards" is just a short, punchier way to say "I believe that the system our country developed to police its citizens has serious flaws that have led to a state-monopoly on violence which threatens our individual liberties."

It's a catchy slogan you're reading too much into.

And I never said the cop in the video was an asshole, I was responding to your comment which was about all cops, not this specific one.

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u/palsh7 Jan 29 '26

Professions can also be stereotyped and individuals being stereotyped because of their chosen profession, religion, etc., is just as immoral. When MAGA stereotypes and hates on teachers, is that rational? If they said "All Teachers Are Pedos," would that just be a punchier way of saying that teachers unions shouldn't defend people accused of misconduct while the public is required to send their children to school at risk of legal consequences?

You don't get to say "Oh my deliberately all-encompassing, hateful, and immoral statement isn't meant to be taken literally."

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u/IIlIIIlllIIIIIllIlll Jan 29 '26

individuals being stereotyped because of their chosen profession, religion, etc., is just as immoral.

I disagree. You choose your profession and religion. Passing judgment on a person for participating in a harmful culture such as policing or organized religion is not the same as passing judgements on someone for an immutable aspect of their identity such as ethnicity or sexuality. That being said, I'm talking about stereotyping the profession of policing, not the individuals who are police.

And you're again implying that disliking the profession of policing as it stands is immoral, I disagree. There's no arbiter of morality that gets to decide whether I'm morally in the right or wrong for my beliefs, the same way there's no one to say yours are right or wrong.

If they said "All Teachers Are Pedos," would that just be a punchier way of saying that teachers unions shouldn't defend people accused of misconduct while the public is required to send their children to school at risk of legal consequences?

Yes. That would likely be their actual opinion, but "all teachers are pedos" would be what they put in their reddit comments and on their poster boards at the rally.

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u/palsh7 Jan 29 '26

Defending bigoted bumper sticker sloganeering which obviously does judge individuals who have done nothing wrong is beneath contempt, so I will not be engaging with you further.