Post in question: https://archive.is/iCVq0 (Sorry to post twice but think this is relevant as a root level comment)
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Slack Removed a Blog Post Showing How Police Use Its Tech
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#12Possibly somewhat ironically (and hypocritically?), the CEO seems very anti-police based on twitter:
https://twitter.com/stewart/status/1268749287615156230
Disclaimer: I am a happy user of slack and do not have an opinion on the blog post
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#13I don’t get it. Are we now advocating that police is overall more of a force of evil than good? Legitimate question.
It is a recognition that their reputation is a negative and citing them is /not/ what you want to do when trying to promote your image.
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#15I don’t get it. Are we now advocating that police is overall more of a force of evil than good? Legitimate question.
That is what's becoming apparent right now, yes. I was more of an "a few bad apples" person until this week. But they're making it extremely clear that as a faction they have no regard for anything or anyone but their own power and bravado.
Yep. The police seem to be caught in us-vs-them tribalism where police are the us, and them is the citizenry that they are supposed to serve.
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#16I don’t get it. Are we now advocating that police is overall more of a force of evil than good? Legitimate question.
That is what's becoming apparent right now, yes. I was more of an "a few bad apples" person until this week. But they're making it extremely clear that as a faction they have no regard for anything or anyone but their own power and bravado.
I mean "a few bad apples spoil the bunch" is the full phrase, so... I guess that's what we're all seeing.
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#17I don’t get it. Are we now advocating that police is overall more of a force of evil than good? Legitimate question.
> I don’t get it. Are we now advocating that police is overall more of a force of evil than good? Legitimate question.
Police, in the abstract, are still a force for good. But it's becoming clear to more and more people that the police we actually have commit an intolerable quantity of evil acts.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
That is what's becoming apparent right now, yes. I was more of an "a few bad apples" person until this week. But they're making it extremely clear that as a faction they have no regard for anything or anyone but their own power and bravado.
I mean "a few bad apples spoil the bunch" is the full phrase, so... I guess that's what we're all seeing.
Touche