Nobody has anything to say about Blizzard?
At this point, I'm not sure what you're even arguing.
I'm well aware that law enforcement puts their lives on the line every day. Something as minor as a traffic stop could be their last and that's not even considering the family they may leave behind. What I do find disturbing is how you were discussing bias and prejudice yet are unwilling to believe or accept it's influence on both crime and those who enforce the law. Oddly enough, my dad just happened to work with the mom of a friend of mine. That mother had to deal with some of the worst society has to offer. I'd never be able to do her job, but I was always thankful that someone like her could deal with all of that and not lose herself in that darkness. It should be apparent that just because someone is trying to point out a problem, it doesn't apply to everyone - that level of over-generalization is ignorance. But this unwillingness to acknowledge racism when they're derived from actual personal experience... My parents have told me stories of how much worse it used to be. In the very same bungalow I took spanish in high school had people jumping out of windows during race riots just years before my time.... If you think I'm hating on law enforcement you're looking for the wrong message. The men and women who serve risk their lives everyday to keep us safe. And dealing with fatalities is not news to me - I've seen their work first hand. Still remember seeing the aftermath of multiple ejections on the freeway because kids got stupid and paid the price... But it would also be disingenuous to ignore the racism. If I had this "bias" that all cops were racist, don't you think I'd use different words? I wouldn't have bothered citing actual experiences, I'd be stating opinions as fact. I'd make baseless claims to paint a very specific picture and even deny the truth if it didn't conform to my ideals. It's less emphasis on police corruption, far more emphasis on how unwilling even now we are to face our own prejudiced perspectives. One last example. I still remember years ago being at this youth conference with a lot of inner city youth. When this young man got up to speak, his appearance made me immediately think cholo - instead he was incredibly eloquent and I was ashamed at how easily I succumbed to my own bias. To this day it reminds me that "pre-formed judgement" may have developed over prior experiences but also to be weary of letting those experiences blind me to the truth as well. Yep, totally over league play.
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