• jerkface@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    That’s not what I said. It’s right there on the screen. Neither is it what the article says. I won’t engage with such rhetorical devices that border on sophistry.

    If you have services available other than the police, it is in your interest to prefer those. Societal, it is in our interest to offload non-violent services from the police onto social workers and other non-violent labour.

    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      Yes it is what you said.

      The police in all countries exist specifically to do violence against citizens of that country. That is literally their reason for existing.

      You said they’re there to carry out violence on citizens. That’s not what the police are or should be for.

      If you have services available other than the police, it is in your interest to prefer those.

      No. You’re again thinking police are violent thugs everywhere.

      • finderscult@lemmy.ml
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        19 hours ago

        No, you’re still misunderstanding. Police explicitly exist to do violence on behalf of the state. That is their exclusive function, everywhere, at all times.

        If you do not need violence against your fellow citizens, do not call the police.