r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/Flashmemory256 • 26d ago

Reckless Driver Gets Busted & Immediately Regrets Everything

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u/ThankGod4Darwin69 20d ago

Ended up like this?

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u/jvkolop 20d ago

He probably meant that you didn't engage in the debate earnestly, and instead just threw out a straw man argument.

I agree that "magnetowasright24" wording was not appropriate, and could be considered an ad hominin.

I advise everyone here to learn logic (Not an insult, legitimate hope that the world understands logical fallicies)

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u/MagnetoWasRight24 20d ago

Nope, I responded to the wrong comment is all, not that complicated.

My response was meant for you, the person with so little intellectual curiosity you still believe it's a minority of cops who are a problem.

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u/jvkolop 19d ago edited 19d ago

Now Im curious on your educated guess on the percentage of lets say:

Good cops?

Bad Cops?

Average cops that wouldn't fit in either category.

And I did not comment on the percentage in my original comment, just that the comment i initially responded too is disregarding the good ones and hating "all cops". I am happy to engage in the discussion on what percentage.

Personally I would reckon the range I would think would be 8% of cops to 15% be shit cops that should lose their jobs. I could see people reasonably arguing up to 25% but I would be shocked if more than 25% of cops were in the "bad cops" category. If someone says the minority is good cops, I would love to see some stats to back your claim up.

Even if the percentage is 60% bad 40% good (Which I do not believe to be the case), my query is still why would you hate all cops when within that metric there's 40% that should be commended for maintaining integrity within a poisoned population. It all comes down to tribalism and demonizing an entire population for the actions of the bad actors.

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u/MagnetoWasRight24 19d ago

A lot of words to say "I don't think about how the 'amazing' cops don't report on the bad ones"

You're asking for stats but you haven't even thought about the basic aspects

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u/jvkolop 18d ago

I was asking your opinion, and gave mine. I did not ask for stats. I would be happy to have stats given so we can cross reference our opinions. You have refused to do that and instead thrown a straw man argument.

From your comment I would think you believe 100% of cops are bad because they are not reporting the bad ones and that automatically makes them bad.

While I do completely agree that if a bad actor is exposed and the other ones do not condemn him, they could be considered bad as well. There are more factors to discuss even within that statement. For example, how can a good cop in mexico that is saving families from drug cartels and living a honorable life, be considered bad because he is not condemning the bad cop in Florida, if he isnt aware, or even in his same country. Would you want him to stop doing the good work he is doing to campaign against the bad apples? I imagine a lot of cops don't fit in good or bad. And simply do their best and arn't aware of the shitty brethren that undermine the publics opinion of them

Another point is that there are countless scenarios of good cops reporting bad actors in a corrupt system where the administrator is a bad actor. Is the Good cop to blame if nothing happens?