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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It's a job, not an identity. Please stop pretending "police officer" is anything more than that. If you think it is, it shouldn't be.
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Why on Earth do you think this? Tons of people take pride in their profession and consider it a big part of who they are as people. That's not controversial, is it? If someone asks me to tell them about myself, one of the first few things I'm likely to mention is what I do for a living.
I'd imagine that's
especially so for first responders, and it's certainly the case that we
want members of our police forces to be able to take pride in how they do their work. That just makes for better, more responsible and more diligent cops. So why wouldn't those police officers resent the denigration of what they've chosen to do with their lives as being some force for hatred and violence?