It’s not class warfare. The rich have already won.

He's a decent enough guy. I've met him and, besides some probably religiously motivated opinions that I'd not take, he's a the good apple among the rotten. Therefore he should think more critically about the company he keeps imo, the term "vermont republican" is becoming less and less meaningful to separate from the national story. The term is about as dated as navel high pants in the 70's. Have some guts and denounce the party.

It's not intolerant to call out intolerance.

Whether you know it or not, you are now writing in defense of well proven misinformation on race and gender and it is okay to be intolerant of you and others who spout from the same sources. I know it sucks to have your voice not taken seriously in this conversation. It never will be.

Even if it's just food service they are regularly robbed, and more likely to die of violence than police.

But it is fair to say we don't want this guy escalating and hurting anyone, police or not. I think what you were saying is "think of the police before you wish this guy commits suicide by cop". Which is great. But at a glance it also reads that you'd consider withholding justice to spare the police. Which prompted the "other dangerous jobs" discussion.

It’s the 7th most dangerous job in the US-wouldn’t want to ask too much of them. Policing ranks 22nd.

Its good to care about dangerous jobs and to help make them safer. I’m glad we can count on you to never order another pizza.

It would never work. An organization with that much power and moral influence would immediately become a highly networked cult embedded at every level of authority constantly trying to sway political decisions even though it goes against their nonprofit status.

Everything it did, it did perfectly. And the batteries lasted forever.

I don’t think we can forget that community had a tempering effect on the more negative aspects. Everyone around you knew your pain and/or experienced it with you.