You have the same sorts of responses to these things that I would have, e.g., the profanity. I remember when I first spoke up on social media (which I used then more politically) to say that "Defund the Police" was a losing slogan, or even concept, from any angle. I was excoriated from many people who said who the heck was I to know what was best? Well, it has not been a pleasant feeling to be proven right.
Thanks so much for reading, Adam! As much as possible with the Police Stories series, I'm just trying to honestly share what I was thinking or feeling at the time.
I do believe Charlottesville calls into question the model of citizenship as nothing more than being stuck having opinions that won't usually impact what other people do. Even when we feel that we've been proven right, our opponents also think they they were proven right, and that all reinforces how powerless we all are.
You have the same sorts of responses to these things that I would have, e.g., the profanity. I remember when I first spoke up on social media (which I used then more politically) to say that "Defund the Police" was a losing slogan, or even concept, from any angle. I was excoriated from many people who said who the heck was I to know what was best? Well, it has not been a pleasant feeling to be proven right.
Thanks so much for reading, Adam! As much as possible with the Police Stories series, I'm just trying to honestly share what I was thinking or feeling at the time.
I do believe Charlottesville calls into question the model of citizenship as nothing more than being stuck having opinions that won't usually impact what other people do. Even when we feel that we've been proven right, our opponents also think they they were proven right, and that all reinforces how powerless we all are.
But I'll have to show all that more than say it.