Chicago last night
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A certain psychometrician on this forum counts posts and the emotive content in them, as we react to these sorts of things. Let's see who does or does not care about indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives. Then we'll ask the psychometrician to report back with his findings.
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A certain psychometrician on this forum counts posts and the emotive content in them, as we react to these sorts of things. Let's see who does or does not care about indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives. Then we'll ask the psychometrician to report back with his findings.
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@horace That would only work if everyone who had a reaction -- or didn't -- posted about it. What about those who reacted but didn't post?
@catseye3 said in Chicago last night:
@horace That would only work if everyone who had a reaction -- or didn't -- posted about it. What about those who reacted but didn't post?
Based on this metric, they do not care about the indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives.
Within this psychometric framework, the emotive content of posts in response to certain issues indicates the depth of feeling one has about those issues. A lack of posts, or a lack of emotion within the posts, indicates a lack of caring - indeed, a lack of empathy itself.
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@catseye3 said in Chicago last night:
@horace That would only work if everyone who had a reaction -- or didn't -- posted about it. What about those who reacted but didn't post?
Based on this metric, they do not care about the indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives.
Within this psychometric framework, the emotive content of posts in response to certain issues indicates the depth of feeling one has about those issues. A lack of posts, or a lack of emotion within the posts, indicates a lack of caring - indeed, a lack of empathy itself.
@horace said in Chicago last night:
Based on this bullshit, they do not care about the indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives.
FIFY.
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@horace said in Chicago last night:
Based on this bullshit, they do not care about the indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives.
FIFY.
@catseye3 said in Chicago last night:
@horace said in Chicago last night:
Based on this bullshit, they do not care about the indiscriminate killing of civilians and police officers when it's not bound up in insurrections, or the mattering of black lives.
FIFY.
I'm sorry, but the science is settled. There are those who are expert psychometricians, and those who are not. I choose to believe the experts - because I am humble, and I know my own limits.
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The pop culture messaging around sympathy for some weak-to-non-existent correlation between Jan 6 and some police suicides 7 months later, will surely pale in comparison to the sympathy expressed for these officers, and the not-so-weak correlation between the bad guys' bullets passing through their heads, and their death.
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Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
@george-k said in Chicago last night:
Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
As I understand it, the law abiding people of color still appreciate them. The white progressives, not so much. Not that they've ever needed one, and not that they can imagine ever needing one.
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Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
@george-k said in Chicago last night:
Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
Outside of the big cities it's a lot different - the cops around here have a pretty decent working life, and are appreciated by pretty much everybody as far as I can tell.
Last week they busted a cocaine dealer operating at the local horse-shoe tossing ring, or whatever you call it. I cycle past it, and wondered a bit about some of the folks that were there. Life in a small town.
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@george-k said in Chicago last night:
Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
Outside of the big cities it's a lot different - the cops around here have a pretty decent working life, and are appreciated by pretty much everybody as far as I can tell.
Last week they busted a cocaine dealer operating at the local horse-shoe tossing ring, or whatever you call it. I cycle past it, and wondered a bit about some of the folks that were there. Life in a small town.
@doctor-phibes said in Chicago last night:
Outside of the big cities it's a lot different - the cops around here have a pretty decent life
That's right. During the height of the "Defund the Police!" movement last year, whenever I saw a police car on my walks, I made a point of waving at the coppers in their cars whenever I saw them.
(Insert snarky @Doctor-Phibes comment about waving with only one finger here: _______________)
I'm not sure if it was appreciated. I hope it was.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@doctor-phibes said in Chicago last night:
Outside of the big cities it's a lot different - the cops around here have a pretty decent life
That's right. During the height of the "Defund the Police!" movement last year, whenever I saw a police car on my walks, I made a point of waving at the coppers in their cars whenever I saw them.
(Insert snarky @Doctor-Phibes comment about waving with only one finger here: _______________)
I'm not sure if it was appreciated. I hope it was.
@george-k said in Chicago last night:
@doctor-phibes said in Chicago last night:
Outside of the big cities it's a lot different - the cops around here have a pretty decent life
That's right. During the height of the "Defund the Police!" movement last year, whenever I saw a police car on my walks, I made a point of waving at the coppers in their cars whenever I saw them.
(Insert snarky @Doctor-Phibes comment about waving with only one finger here: _______________)
I'm not sure if it was appreciated. I hope it was.
Yesterday morning I was out on the bike, and there was a big charity ride that came past the crossroads, and a cop stopped us, while about 100 cyclists crossed. I'd say about 70% of them thanked him. He gave me a friendly warning not to try and jump across, so he clearly had me pegged
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@doctor-phibes said in Chicago last night:
Outside of the big cities it's a lot different - the cops around here have a pretty decent life
That's right. During the height of the "Defund the Police!" movement last year, whenever I saw a police car on my walks, I made a point of waving at the coppers in their cars whenever I saw them.
(Insert snarky @Doctor-Phibes comment about waving with only one finger here: _______________)
I'm not sure if it was appreciated. I hope it was.
@george-k said in Chicago last night:
I'm not sure if it was appreciated. I hope it was.
Did you smile? That probably meant all the difference. Even if it was only one man (you), it may have helped more than you know. A little lift of the heart.
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I still haven't forgiven the cops for pulling me over 7 years ago and giving me a seatbelt ticket. If I'd been black, I'd have known they pulled me over for being black. But as it was, I knew they were jerks with little to do. That, I do not forgive. I could have invested that $200 in Apple at the time and it would have been like a million dollars right now.
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I've probably told this story before - I tried to make a call from our home phone first thing in the morning when the kids were young, but accidentally hit '9' first, as I do when I'm at work, then hit 1, then stupidly hit 1 again.
I quickly hung up, but obviously not quickly enough - about 3 minutes later a friendly town cop rang the door, and asked whether everything was ok. He asked whether he could take a quick look inside the house just to be sure. Now, all these amateur lawyers on the internet would have had me say no to defend my right to privacy, but I let him in - he saw the two kids playing happily, thanked me and left.
And it's not just the left that tell us not to co-operate with the police. There's a ton of these libertarian bozo types on YouTube who say 'say nothing' if pulled over, as though that's going to improve things.
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Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
@george-k said in Chicago last night:
Apparently, she did not have a newborn.
Chicago's mayor:
While the mayor said “we need to continue the journey to achieve constitutional, accountable policing,” she insisted “the police are not our enemies.”
She continued: “They are human, just as we are. Flawed, just as we are. ... But also risking their lives every day for our safety and security.”
Chicago residents, she said, should remember the danger police officers put themselves in every day.
“When you see a police officer, say ‘thank you,’” Lightfoot said. “Just say, ‘thank you.’”
Brown said so far this year, 38 officers have been shot at, and 11 have been hit by gunfire.
Why would anyone want to be a cop these days?
You know, y'all need a rail, a five gallon bucket of tar and at least two pounds of feathers.
