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renard_roux@beehaw.org 5 months agoACAB (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.
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Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 months ago
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.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 4 months ago
Fun fact, the full metaphor is "A few bad apples spoils the bunch" or a variant of (one bad apple spoils the barrel) etc.
snooggums@kbin.social 4 months ago
Same with one's self up by their bootstraps, which was originally used to describe someone doing the impossible.
flipht@kbin.social 4 months ago
Same with pretty much every saying that regressives steal to justify their shit.
"Blood is thicker than water" does not mean family is more important than friends. The full saying is "Blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." So it means the exact opposite.
"Spare the rod, spoil the child" is actually from a poem by Samuel Butler in the 1600s. The poem is about spanking your lover. The actual bible quote that the poem is satirizing is, "He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him." Nuanced difference, but doesn't advocate beating the same way the shortened one does.
zurohki@aussie.zone 4 months ago
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.