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massacrefuffles t1_jdgcejp wrote

Always strange to me when it takes something happening directly to someone for them to unlock the empathy achievement.

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Daddio209 t1_jdgehvb wrote

That's NOT empathy-it's purely self-serving.

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Tail_Nom t1_jdgisds wrote

C'mon... no it's not. It fucking should be, but it isn't. You and I both know dude is just justifying his self-serving bullshit. A petty dictator with (if there is a just and loving god) an impotent, limp dick. Positions of authority should offer no reward; public service should be service.

As it is, law enforcement and public office attract petty tyrants. "No person capable of getting the position should, under any circumstances, be allowed to hold it." It's all fucked up in a very real yet very nebulous way. The best we can do is recognize it, call it out, and recognize as a constituent community that this person has deemed themselves unworthy of the public's trust.

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TopBoot1652 t1_jdi8wyv wrote

Reminds of the Robert Heinlien quote "The number one disqualification for a politician should be the desire to hold public office". Paraphrased.

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