Mind you, I'm not trying to be flippant. I've been held at gunpoint by redneck cops. Once, decades ago, threatened with lynching in a small mountain town. (Due not to race but religion.) So I have great sympathy for those unjustly run over by The Man.
That does not incline me to give a 'free pass' to mask-wearing, deliberately violent extremists, of any type. My uncle was a policeman for 30 years, and my son is interested in such a career. In my job as a trucker, I often interact with the California Highway Patrol. To me, the police are not the enemy.
It's possible to apply Niemoller's warning to a host of situations -- some promoted by the 'politically correct' left and its burgeoning Nanny State policies.
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I've been held at gunpoint by redneck cops. Once, decades ago, threatened with lynching in a small mountain town. (Due not to race but religion.)
So I have great sympathy for those unjustly run over by The Man.
That does not incline me to give a 'free pass' to mask-wearing, deliberately violent extremists, of any type. My uncle was a policeman for 30 years, and my son is interested in such a career. In my job as a trucker, I often interact with the California Highway Patrol.
To me, the police are not the enemy.
It's possible to apply Niemoller's warning to a host of situations -- some promoted by the 'politically correct' left and its burgeoning Nanny State policies.