This brilliant logic should presumably apply to men as well. Since men want to be able to go into combat civilian males should be allowed to shoot each other in the head if they want.
But I think the point is you’re not supposed to actually think about what he’s saying. The proper response is an indignant “Fuck yeah!” and then you go on to shout out some other completed unrelated grievance of your own. E.g.: “Just like the damn immigrants now think they can come to this country and get welfare for sitting on their asses!” It’s a very special kind of reasoning.
Cop culture is sick. That’s why it is insufficient to just test applicants for psychological suitability. They get onto the force, and as part of the acculturation process they start to adopt the common mentality of the veterans: us against them, petty use of authority to establish ego, racism, sexism, resentment about the pay vs. perceived difficulty of the job, etc. It probably doesn’t take long for most new cops to descend into the mire. I suspect the number that can resist for more than a few years is fairly small.
What? I do not believe that Texas has a monopoly on sexism, or bad cops. In Austin, a cop makes a sexist comment and is out the door by Friday. That is 20 years earlier than would happen in Spokane, WA, where I live.
Responding to an outrageously sexist comment with a relatively mild one almost makes your good point moot. Comparing someone to a girl is not an insult and it shouldn’t be used as one.
The two police officers that were joking about rape were suspended for a few days? How about they be fired. Can you imagine sending one of them to help a rape victim someplace. Yikes.
