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Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 months ago
What the fuck. This is absolutely disgusting. And no mention of any repercussions for the police involved, either. Not that that’s a surprise.
Chalk another one up to ACAB.
ACAB (All Cops Are Bastards) is an acronym used as a political slogan associated with people who are opposed to the police. It is typically written as a catchphrase in graffiti, tattoos or other imagery in public spaces.
— [Wikipedia](en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACAB#:~:text=ACAB (All Co…
Huh, I always thought it was All Cops Are Bad.
Either way, yeah, that’s my point. Cops do something absolutely abhorrent. Face no consequences. The lack of consequences proves it’s not just “a few bad apples”, but a broken institution.
Fun fact, the full metaphor is "A few bad apples spoils the bunch" or a variant of (one bad apple spoils the barrel) etc.
Same with one's self up by their bootstraps, which was originally used to describe someone doing the impossible.
A bad apple releases gases which causes other apples to quickly ripen and then spoil.
So it’s not just “there’s one bad apple therefore the bunch is bad”, the bad apple makes the other apples turn bad too. The saying is about an individual spreading corruption through a group.
Diplomjodler@feddit.de 7 months ago
How are you going to justify all the repressive surveillance, if you don’t manufacture some terrorists to catch?