Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a deadly pesticide

Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by GuinansEyebrows on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:02PM (#46277118)

pedantic, but "ACAB" doesn't necessarily mean every (or most) cops do horrible things all the time (that's the strawman version).

one, more nuanced, sentiment is something more like "all cops are bastards as long as bad cops are protected."

another sentiment is "modern police institutions are directly descended from slavecatchers and strikebreakers; thus, all of policing is rooted in bastard behavior, therefore: all cops are bastards".

there are plenty of other ways to interpret the phrase. "acab" is shorthand for a lot of legitimate grievances.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by drdeca on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:31PM (#46277538)

My favorite slogan is “Slogans are always bad.” . It can be interpreted in a lot of different ways that make a lot of sense, and that’s why I repeat it often, without clarifying what I mean by it.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by GuinansEyebrows on Monday December 15, 2025 @02:19PM (#46279059)

and yet, here you are, indirectly swiping at something instead of just saying what you mean :)

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by ImJamal on Monday December 15, 2025 @03:34PM (#46280215)

That is a lot of words to make a claim that nobody would accept if they used it for other issues. If somebody said that all blacks are criminals and used your exact argument, nobody would buy it.

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by GuinansEyebrows on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:11PM (#46280723)

ah yes, race, something famously chosen

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Re:Thousands of U.S. farmers have Parkinson's. They blame a ... by 0x457 on Monday December 15, 2025 @04:22PM (#46280862)

> modern police institutions are directly descended from slavecatchers and strikebreakers;

That's not (entirely) true, though? Every modern police department has its roots in London Metropolitan Police Force which had nothing to do with salve catching can't say much about strikebreakers, but I know specifically LMPF went on multiple strikes themselves. It had also nothing to do with solving crimes, that's just a bonus.

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