in your fantasy world where cops don’t exist, who intervenes when someone inevitably commits a crime?

Who intervenes when cops are around, though? I’ve been laughed at in my face and told they couldn’t do anything despite us having proof in the form of a brick through our window. Not even the restraining order was honored.

Or how about the time I got beat up and all they did was allegedly take some notes and tell me they couldn’t do anything because it was private property despite my fresh bruises?

Or them cat-calling a 15 year-old that they’re supposed to be protecting?

Kind of useless if you ask me, and I haven’t even gotten to the malicious stuff like locking up my brother in law for a year and pressuring for ransom and sacking his family’s home.

It’s kind of insane how much we believe in their image rather than rely on their actions to even dare be so condescending.

I hope it all gets undone with righteous rage when this shit is all over.

Japan was doing that a couple of years ago.

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Oh god no. There are many objectively predatory beliefs and dangerous ideas out there. This is irresponsible.

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Whoa, you got 'em on the ropes, champ!

You can mildly cuss on the internet 😌 /s

Oh, no worries, I was more incredulous than upset. We had talked about religion at length over the years and even managed to nudge her away from organized religion at this point (thank god). I thought she understood where I was coming from, and then out of the blue, she tells me this on the rare occasion we argued, and I’m speechless.

I have, and I still feel like shit, Brenda.

“You’re an atheist because you want to rebel against God!” - My mother 😭

I’m so tired, boss, give me the blue treatment. 😌

If I could, I wouldn’t ever leave my house! *unzips, slams door shut*

Why just online? 😏

A bunch more assholes who take any and every opportunity to be an asshole, and tripping mods who can’t be bothered and apply blanket bans because you said a thing they didn’t agree with. What’s new.

Well, I hope you reconsider because right now you sound just like the other jerk from the other thread, whose excuse is billionaires. Just assholing on Lemmy, as one does.

I do actual trans organizing work

the put upon minority

What, and you think I haven’t? And you think I’m not one? The thing is, you never know who is behind the keyboard, but that’s fine because the point is finding an excuse to an asshole, LGBT edition.

Yes. Get the fuck over it and shut up.

Get over what, your stanky attitude and rudeness? You seem a little too self-important.

Some of you wish you were fighting transphobia, but more often than not, it’s a mere excuse to get off on flailing someone. Just a bunch of mean girls.

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