About that cop at the DNC...
About that cop at the DNC...
Source: https://x.com/equalityAlec/status/1827028841098887645
More info: https://www.right2hug.org
Least corrupt cop they could find.
I actually kind of came here to say hey, this is actually pushing the Democrats to the left, fair play. But apparently Chris Swanson was sworn in in January 2021 and it looks like the deal and the money happened in 2018. Do I have that right?
So this is summarized as "admitted ... that he did it to make money." It sounds like the policy was around before he was there, and he said that it was wrong and he'd end it. No?
What exactly is the full statement that he said, that's being summarized as that he did it to make money?
I have not looked into this. I just want to vent a bit. If indeed this dude is corrupt, I wish I had a party to vote for that I didn't have to compromise my morals. I want a society where corruption is low and every decision we make is to make the world better for all people.
I wish I had a party to vote for that I didn't have to compromise my morals
Progress doesn't work that way, though. You don't hear Ukrainians say "I wish I had a peacetime so I didn't have to fight; fighting is wrong" or Germans in 1932 saying "I wish I had a really good government so I didn't have to compromise my morals and vote for the SPD" (oh wait...).
Or... I mean, they might wish it, but it's not like it becomes a reason why all of a sudden the better outcome and the worse outcome become indistinguishable and we should let the worse one happen. One, this post is actually pretty dishonest and the guy's actually by far one of the better sheriffs in the country and has actually made this specific reform already (see my longer post). But two, even if he hasn't, that doesn't mean that all of a sudden it's okay to have the sheriff who wants to shoot all the Mexicans instead.
If you want change, vote for the Democrats in this election, so that Trump doesn't make change illegal. Keep protesting for Gaza, keep trying to ditch FPTP, keep trying to push the Democrats to the left, absolutely. The sooner we can get a third party, the better; on that I definitely agree. Definitely you're gonna be able to find some Democrats who are corrupt as fuck within the system. But I wouldn't really use "this outcome isn't what I want" as a reason not to try to figure out how to get the outcome you want, or to get discouraged away from participating in the system at all. That happened after 1968, and that's how we got Reagan and the modern economic nightmare in the whole first place -- was "I don't want to compromise my morals and interact with the system and what's the worst that could happen."
Remember... ACAB
So you have no idea what the full statement was, that they’re summarizing? I mean what I’m asking is, is this true, or spinning up some expansive bullshit from a little nugget of approximate truth combined with a heavy sprinkling of lies.
Also “American Fourth Reich Convention” is a little bit of a red flag 🙂
But Ozma, he supports the Democrat in the race. Don't you understand, he's with us™? And if we identify with him on our team, that means he's above criticism and that you are actually a closeted Trump supporter for setting the expectation that the DNC shouldn't be platforming vile scum and need to do better.
Don't you understand Ozma!!
mandatory /s
also inb4 the apologists (jk of fucking course I'm not).
Interesting. Am I one of the apologists who's saying he's above criticism?
To quote you above:
it’s some bullshit; they’re taking a good guy and trying to make him into a bad guy, so that you’ll let the actual bad guys come to power, and derail the effort to continue reforming the system and making it better.
Telling people to shut up and vote democrat is how we got here. Instead you should be telling the democrats they don't have a shot in hell if they keep trying to triangulate themselves one inch left of republicans and telling us "Yes you're absolutely right he's a piece of shit and 'fund the police more than ever' is a losing message, write your reps if you live in a blue state".
You can't shame 100 million people into voting for a party that opposes every policy you support in practice and 90% of your policies in messaging.
The only way the democrats have a shot in hell is if they a. actually support progressive policy and b. demonstrate that they will do anything in their power to get it passed, the same way Republicans do but for bad things.
Your criticism shouldn't be directed at the masses for pointing out that trying to appeal to republicans with tough on crime rhetoric and policy is awful, it should be directed at the people who have the power to change that rhetoric and policy.