In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Uber drivers

Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by robonerd on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:06PM (#31599228)

And maybe the wife beater is fucked in the head because he got brain damage as a kid from his dad beating him. I don't really care though, I don't have a problem classifying him as a scumbag. Cycles of abuse can be broken, and addictions can be kicked (and usually, avoided in the first place. Unlike getting beaten by your dad.)

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Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by ameister14 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:23PM (#31599407)

Yeah, if the person is intellectually disabled and that disability causes them to act in a certain way then I don't really consider them a scumbag either. Their parents, maybe, or whoever is supposed to be supervising them.

Look, if you're a person who enjoys harming others, is incredibly lazy and chooses theft or destruction over actively working in your community when you have the opportunity to do so then you're more of a scumbag in my book.

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Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by robonerd on Thursday June 02, 2022 @03:37PM (#31599566)

> Yeah, if the person is intellectually disabled and that disability causes them to act in a certain way then I don't really consider them a scumbag either.

That's easy to claim online talking about abstract scenarios, but if you saw a man beat his wife in public I think you'd be more than willing to make a snap judgement about that man's moral character, and wouldn't stop to think "well maybe he's not a scumbag because..."

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Re:In a small Virginia town, citizens review police like Ube... by ameister14 on Thursday June 02, 2022 @04:14PM (#31599964)

Sure, I don't disagree. I snap to judgment more often than I'd like to.

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