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Pastor Who Calls Police Because He Was Assaulted Gets Arrested
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Let's be clear here: the pastor did nothing wrong at all. He defended his property, exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, called the police when he needed back-up -- and *he* was the one who ended up arrested, and then charged?
This is the sort of problem that can get lost when focusing on police brutality. There's something broken about a system where this can possibly be the result. Luckily the charges were dropped, and luckily no lives have been ruined, but it seems reasonable that it was a matter of luck rather than judgement. Imagine being told that *you* were the one to be arrested, imagine how easy it would be to lose your temper at the raging injustice, and imagine how easy it would be for a police officer to use your anger as justification for an aggressive response.
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Let's be clear here: the pastor did nothing wrong at all. He defended his property, exercising his 2nd Amendment rights, called the police when he needed back-up -- and *he* was the one who ended up arrested, and then charged?
This is the sort of problem that can get lost when focusing on police brutality. There's something broken about a system where this can possibly be the result. Luckily the charges were dropped, and luckily no lives have been ruined, but it seems reasonable that it was a matter of luck rather than judgement. Imagine being told that *you* were the one to be arrested, imagine how easy it would be to lose your temper at the raging injustice, and imagine how easy it would be for a police officer to use your anger as justification for an aggressive response.
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"Imagine being told that *you* were the one to be arrested" I dont have to, it has happened to me. Arrested and slung into a cell. full red faces and apologies in the morning when the 'boss' got in but still a night in the cell for me.
13:16 Sun 14th Jun 2020
Jackdaw - // There is nothing wrong with the use of the word 'so' to continue a conversation confirming what the previous speaker had said, and I fail to see why a-h gets his Alans in a Brahms over it. //
There is no problem with that.
The problem is with NOT confirming what the previous speaker has said, but saying something they did not say, and then falling out with them about what they did not say.
That is usually prefaced with the word 'So ...' which is shorthand for 'So what you're saying is … ' followed by something that is not what the poster is saying, and then arguing that they are wrong.
Clearly that is bad debating, and my pointing it out is simply a light-hearted way of making the point - nothing more than that.
As I always say, if people don't like it, then stop doing it, and I will obviously have no need to point it out.
There is no problem with that.
The problem is with NOT confirming what the previous speaker has said, but saying something they did not say, and then falling out with them about what they did not say.
That is usually prefaced with the word 'So ...' which is shorthand for 'So what you're saying is … ' followed by something that is not what the poster is saying, and then arguing that they are wrong.
Clearly that is bad debating, and my pointing it out is simply a light-hearted way of making the point - nothing more than that.
As I always say, if people don't like it, then stop doing it, and I will obviously have no need to point it out.
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