Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Facts are facts. Deal with with it and no point in spinning the argument cause you realize how stupid he is now.
I don't see anything "stupid" in Deblasio's position. He's been reasonable--too reasonable, I'd say--so far with an insubordinate and unreasonable police department that doesn't want to face its own shortcomings, hence turning their backs.
Originally posted by BackFire
I forgot. Anything other than "All cops are heroes" is blasphemous and vile.
I can see why Police would be upset at a comment like that.
However, that doesn't mean that the mayor is wrong for not giving them blind approval for their actions across the board. There are awful racist dickhead police officers out there. There are also genuinely good, benevolent and heroic officers.
Stating "this apple tastes bad" doesn't mean "I ****ing hate apples."
Originally posted by Omega Vision
Lol, you haven't supported any of your assertions with evidence so far, just made unsupported, most likely hyperbolic complaints.I don't see anything "stupid" in Deblasio's position. He's been reasonable--too reasonable, I'd say--so far with an insubordinate and unreasonable police department that doesn't want to face its own shortcomings, hence turning their backs.
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I supported it with facts.
When? You made claims, but without supporting evidence (say, a link to Deblasio's Mayoral campaign site that would show he was "Anti-Police" during his campaign), you're just making unsupported assertions.
Right now, the only facts I've seen are that Deblasio suggested that certain elements of the NYPD may be racist, which is not even close to being a radical statement, or anti-Police.
I also feel like you're betraying your own values by standing by the police here. I get the sense (and notice that I'm qualifying this--I'm not alleging that this IS what you would do, only what I believe you would do based on my impression of your stance on this and other issues) that if Deblasio were a conservative and he were championing a conservative value like zero tolerance drug policy and a more liberal NYPD turned their back on him because they believed that Deblasio's fixation on drug arrests was putting officers in danger for no good reason, you'd be furious and trumpet about it being their duty to respect the civilian chain of command. But that doesn't seem to matter to you here because you disagree with Deblasio's ideology.
To wit: if Deblasio WERE a conservative, and I disagreed with his stance, I'd probably sympathize with the officers but still recognize that it's their duty to show respect for the office of the mayor, especially at solemn occasions.