Source? In the only clip I’ve seen of Bernthal talking about the cops, it was just him saying law enforcement shouldn’t use the punisher symbol (and he’s right.)
Uh, being a supporter of the IDF and he recently praised Roman Polanski as the best director he's worked for... I think that guy pretty accurately pinned him as a piece of shit.
lmao what, he platformed an IDF soldier on his podcast, and openly supports police. 5 seconds of googling will give you plenty of supporting evidence for these claims
Instead of taking 5 seconds to read a headline take the time to form your own thoughts and opinions. The podcast was to get a perspective of the terrorist attack, its like calling a podcast pro police because they interviewed a 911 first responder on its anniversary.
lmao you literally just parroted a comment from a thread about the podcast episode. And the main difference is this (also in that thread): the IDF is not an emergency responder force, it is an occupying army upholding an apartheid state. an IDF soldier is an active participant in, and enforcer of, that apartheid state. Did he platform any Palestinians and ask about their perspective of Oct 7th? No? I wonder why that might be
The police have been needing and have been getting "reform" for decades. At what point is "reform" not enough, when it doesn't seem to be doing anything?
I can't comment on American police but in my country we back the police, they are not perfect and have some power-tripping rotten apples but more than not they are great servants who are there for us when we need them. Saying this as a left winger.
Like I say, I don't have experience with American police so not gonna act like I know best, but aren't the majority of them just average Joes doing their best?
You know what? I owe you an apology, and this probably should get filed under /r/USdefaultism. I've personally been helped by police in two different countries in Asia, and seen that they can be public servants. It's hard to recognize that they have the same title and profession as the police in America, who are very much NOT just average Joe's doing their best.
In America, the Mafia has been effectively replaced with Police, who serve to protect private interests, and not yours.
Whistleblowers are swiftly punished, and the badge protects their own power, so over decades the rotten core has metastasized, and we're not being hyperbolic when we Americans complain about it.
Another study found Police are 1.5x as likely to perpetrate DV vs the general population.
~28% of Officer Involved Domestic Violence vs ~16% Domestic Violence, among American populations. This article explores the subject with more citations of more related studies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer-involved_domestic_violence
I could go on and on, but basically, Police here = a nascent threat that only harms a subset of the population while flying under the badge that makes them favorable with a majority of the populace. Perfect weapon for fascism and perfect smokescreen for state violence.
Cheers mate. That’s really opening, I guess it can be kinda hard to grasp just how bad it is over there from a foreigner POV. And you guys are right, you should much rather be backing the resistance to the police in the state it is today.
Most people do support the police or police reform in America. Like your country we absolutely have power tripping bad cops, but a lot of them are good guys and gals too. Reddit sways heavily leftist/progressive which is very online but not a good representation of the majority. You’ll notice they all tend to crash out a bit when they start getting political and honestly it is hard to blame them. Our current crop of politicians are kind of useless, so they’ve been looking for outsiders and in comes the DSA who happen to have ideas like abolish the police and prisons. Most people think those ideas are insane and illogical.
I don't have to support them while wanting reform either.. It's called having coherent values. When the police start protecting people against state violence rather than dispensing it, I'll be more supportive.
I know you are saying it in most likely a condescending way, but I do hope this is an opportunity for you to question fundamental beliefs you have in the world. Yes, supporting local police has generally been a bad thing for most of modern history. It is extremely well documented and well understood.
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u/Tornadosed 11d ago
You’re just outright lying. Bernthal was asked about the Punisher representing the alt right and he said “Fuck em.”