I guess we run in different circles, because I haven’t seen anything approaching “hatred on a personal level” arise in any of my friends, family or colleagues - and I’m talking everyday people who run the political gamut.
I think cable news, social media and even politicians conflate what’s happening on the far left/right fringes with the prevailing sentiments of the left/right mainstream. I bet your outlook will improve and you’ll have a much more positive view of your fellow Americans if you take a break from cable news and social media.
Being a resident of St Louis I’ve seen first hand and have been verbally “attacked” by plenty of leftists. Being a policeman here guarantees you that. And it’s no small number. During one riot (Stockley verdict) 32 officers were seriously injured. One sustained a broken jaw from a brick hit. Another a broken collar bone and shoulder damage. To contrast that not a single protester was injured. Not one.
We have to collectively call out bad actors no matter their affiliation.
I think your restraint is commendable. I know I would struggle to keep my emotions in check if I saw a friend/colleague assaulted.
I think what you’re describing falls into the “group violence currently in the street” category, to use @treco’s phrase. I think the personal hatred he’s describing is something else… and is exacerbated by impeachment specifically (in his view).
I’m sure you realize this, but as a cop, you’re not dealing with a representative cross section of the population. Troublemakers are over represented in the sample of folks you have to deal with.
I would be rich enough to live in CA if l had a dime for everytime l thought or said outloud “Just shut up… Stop tweeting… etc”, re Trump.
But you are positioning your question so as to ignore daily vitriol spewed by the left - by Democrats, in media, on social platforms, in person, here in PWI. Daily, pervasive, hateful.
How many Tweets a day are you reading? ten, twenty, one hundred? If every Tweet was from a different person, how many people is it really when compared to the millions who aren’t Tweeting anything?
Is there another “top 5” ranking person in either party that comes remotely close to actively fomenting as much division in this country? I honestly don’t think so.
POTUS is the leader of our country. A leader does not divide. All I see trump doing is intentionally and unintentionally dividing this country.
I reactivated 5 year dormant twitter account to look.
Simply do not agree after looking at Warren, Schumer, AOC, Biden twitter accounts.
All had bitching about Trump and GOP and how they are the end of the world.
“The Democrats have thrown a wrecking ball at our democracy”.
That is personal vilification. There is a difference (a large one) between saying a policy is cruel, and the policy maker is cruel. The first is an argument against the policy, the second is villification of the policy maker.
How is that not hysterical? He put the non WH edited version onto a national security server. He made it impossible to read the real version, then told you to read it.
C’mon man. That shit’s funny. I don’t care who you are.
Wow. You’ve put some thought into this. Do you often have homoerotic fantasies about Trump? Maybe there are some repressed emotions you need to explore.
Thanks for taking the time to post about not having time. This post honestly put a smile on my face.
You seemed really worked up over all this. Try not to get so emotional over politics.