[FRIAM] why some people hate cops

[Frank Wimberly]

I think I hate huffiness, in all its forms.  I plan to be very huffy about
people who are huffy..

You're close to one of the great insights:  the people who bother you
intensely are often the ones who are like you in the way that you hate.

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Frank C. Wimberly
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Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 8:19 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think I hate huffiness, in all its forms.  I plan to be very huffy about
> people who are huffy.
>
> I agree FRIAM should not be a safe space.  In that case, what would be the
> point?
>
> Nick
>
> Nicholas Thompson
> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
> Clark University
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of u?l? ???
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2020 1:14 PM
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] why some people hate cops
>
> I was recently triggered by what I thought was a disparaging comment from
> EricC about the recent attempt to redefine "racism" so as to (primarily)
> refer to systemic racism. The idea, I think, is that a minority can't be
> called "racist" because the majority has overwhelming control over the
> system in which they live. After asking a clarifying question (as I
> *always* have to do with EricC! >8^D), he elaborated that it's unreasonable
> to *expect* everyone to know that the definition has changed. Confusion
> will mount because language is fluid, ambiguity exists, definitions change,
> not all people are the same, etc.
>
> But there's depth to the discussion. Religious people have been in near
> TOTAL control of our world for a very very long time. Even today, atheists
> are nearly unelectable. If it weren't for some fluidity in the market of
> different religions, that control would be total. Part of why I like jokes
> like the Discordians and Flying Spaghetti Monster (and more deeply the
> Satanic Temple) is because they compete in that ridiculous market. To
> accuse a minority of hate speech against a majority is a little off-kilter,
> to me. It may be literally appropriate. But it misses the nuance of the
> conversation.
>
>
> On 9/24/20 11:59 AM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
> > To the extent any such people are “protected” is just because they are
> such bullies to begin with that they presume to bend social systems around
> their will.   Keep it off my wave.
>
>
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