I keep hearing news of protestors calling to defund the police and to shut down police departments. I don't get it. We need someone to help keep the "law and order" in society. I do understand that there have been too many instances over time of corrupt police officers and police officers who abuse their authority, as well as police officers who outright murder people and get away with it. I get all that, but you don't cut down the orchard when you get some bad apples.
I believe it's possible to change the culture of our society and to improve training for police officers. I have hope that we can get justice for instances when police do wrongs. We have a system and I know it seems broken, but we can fix it. We shouldn't just throw out the whole system.
This situation reminds me of when I, someone who grew up very tech savvy always working on computers and software, finally reached my point as an adult and professional of not understanding the tech being used by the younger generation. I don't understand why they like the apps and the web layouts and such that they use. I don't know how to do everything with computers. And that makes me feel old now. I also grew up as a person who argued against racism and sexism all around me. I considered myself a well-read philosopher who went out of my way to help people. But today, I listen to the reforms people are asking for and I just don't get them. Am I too old? Am I out of touch?
I mean, it's not fair to punish the good law enforcement officers. The good cops shouldn't lose their jobs because people want to destroy the system. Besides, who will protect the public? Who will provide order and peace? Who will people call when things are stolen from them or when they need help? I just don't get it.
If the police are gone, won't that just necessitate the need for the military to intervene? Won't that bring martial law even faster and in a more harsh way? Sigh. I just don't get it.
And the protests are continuing. Some people are getting louder. Professional people who have worked hard to better communities are being looked down upon because they won't agree that we need to defund the police and/or abolish police departments. Seriously? Will this issue cause people to lose credibility in the eyes of the people? Presumed Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden did an interview today in which he refused to agree to defund the police and I bet his poll numbers will go down because of it.
Has society gone mad? I don't even know any more. All I can think is that the forces manipulating society and the economy, if their goal was to get people to no longer know what is right or wrong or real or fake, then they may have succeeded.
I got a phone call from my dad today asking if I want to go out to dinner. I miss him and would love to do that, but the coronavirus is still a serious threat. He doesn't take it seriously, but I do. Sigh. I worry for my father being out there, going about business as if there isn't a deadly virus that he could catch from anyone. He's not wearing a mask. He's not using gloves. Sigh.
Be safe out there (and I'll be safe in here)!
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