Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Rebel HQ"
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I wouldn’t call it a, “rant,” personally. His style could be seen that way, if he was talking bollox? But he’s so right it hurts. He’s speaking from the battlefield, in clear, concise, unambiguous prose, to ensure he can get his message to you as efficiently and briefly as possible, without the possibility of being misinterpreted. Or, that’s how I like to think of him. A man with, “Service,” in his heart, proud of his military contribution, bold in his use of it, to legitimise himself against the conservative nay sayers, and committed to continuing in service, now for our benefit. I can’t help but love guys like him. So, if that’s what, “ranting,” is, I’m fine with being ranted at. ✌️
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@CarynGibson-ey1xn : I’m with you on that. Raise their wages and raise the required qualifications to a commensurate level? It’s hard to hold on to the fact that bad cops are still a minority in most police forces. But, there is a bad culture that would be shot through by better training and higher recruitment vetting. Starting with a National database, that follows all cops wherever they go: compulsory camera (with sound) with penalties for cops who don’t wear them or turn them on, such as fines and disciplinary procedures for, “being out of uniform,” if not wearing a switched on camera, whilst on duty. And, how about no arrest can be accepted as lawful unless it’s videoed? So, no un-videoed case ever gets to court, and any cop who violates that, gets a reprimand? That sort of practice would put an end to police corruption and brutality, practically overnight! ✌️
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@codyrussow170 : No. But my cop friends aren’t, “poor.” They’re not rich either, like me. Why do you ask? For good cops, we’re asking them to place themselves in harm’s way, at the drop of a hat, routinely, every single day. So, whatever it is, it’s not enough. The dedication, long hours, incredible stresses and personal sacrifice I’ve seen from police officers, frequently blows my mind. And it’s hard to put a monetary value on such things. But, good pay attracts the best people, if they have to have qualifications before they join up, befitting a high paid job. And we need smart, well educated cops to be the norm. We don’t just need integrity and heroism, but tact, judgement, calm under pressure and self discipline, of the type that academic qualifications demand. Law enforcement should NEVER be elected. A popularity contest hurts justice in my view. It should be a rigorously tested position, with review tests, to ensure people are maintaining high physical and mental fitness, with high, commensurate rewards.
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@Rin-qj7zt : So glad that you’re getting where I’m coming from. If being educated was a condition of the job; the expectation, then the community would genuinely start looking up to cops. If they were meant to be the calm one in every situation and not, “the threat,” then people would WANT to help them. They wouldn’t be reluctant to tell them their details, because they wouldn’t feel like they were being trapped into something. That fundamental culture of the cop being the, “smartest person in the room,” and people having the expectation that s/he is going to be the one who resolves the conflict with the least drama, is what we should be training them for. We do them as much of a disservice as we do the public, by not offering cops high academic levels of in-house training; even elevating aspects of their job to degree and doctorate levels of academe. Training them into a culture of, “head stuff,” and to put a stigma on emotional policing is the way to go. When your colleagues are saying, “Ahh, no. You clearly got mad at that guy. That’s bad,” would be using peer pressure (the strongest force) against violent policing. Nearly all the videos I see, of police brutality, have the same three factors: the cop was not smart enough to use his words; the cop got angry; and the cop knew the culture he worked in expected him to have physical control over others at all times, and he felt like he was failing, just because his suspect wasn’t clicking his heels and snapping to attention when he issued a, “lawful,” command. I mean, even that language is a giveaway, right? “I’m issuing a lawful order!” Really? Could you maybe just start by asking the guy for his help and cooperation? Why are you his enemy walking in? Even if your arresting the guy, have the decency to show regret that it’s come to this? Most people would let you put on the cuffs and shrug! Sorry, I’m going on a bit now ✌️👍
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@erichoppe8228 : You mean, “was,” a disaster, right? He’s not there now, nor will he be, ever again, so long as America remains a democracy. If he ever got back there, yes. That would be the disaster to end all disasters, as it would not only require the fall of America’s Republic, but it would probably spell the doom of all other democracies on Earth. That’s why everyone on the planet has a dog in this fight, and every right to contribute to the end of trump and trumpism. It’s Fascism, by another name, with every historic indicator.
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A broken system, is how. An Electoral College that has been in need of reform or dissolving altogether for generations now. An anachronistic institution that was designed to protect the, “rights,” of slave owning states, still gets to collect up, “points,” for each state, instead of counting the votes. That’s how. We make a nonsense of the line, “one nation under God,” every time we deny our citizens the validity of their votes, by setting them aside in favor of a points system that clearly FAILS to represent the voters. If we made that ONE, SINGLE reform, for National Elections, and said, “One person, one vote, all counted equally, with every individual citizen having an equal stake, equal say, equal power, equal validity,” we would never see another GOP administration again! They would have to end the GOP and come up with a new Conservative party that is actually democratic and REPRESENTS people, like they have in other western democracies. That one reform could save America from this current threat and rise of fascism. As it is, you can have well over three MILLION more votes from the American people, and still be denied your democratic right to be counted equally. Why lawyers haven’t challenged the EC is beyond me?
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All that fresh veal was almost lost, there . . . Is the hunting season over? . . . Just kidding. Good for you, Bambi 😉
Hey, David Shuster, I love your content, your journalistic style, your professionalism and your superbly presented stories. Your heart is always apparent to me, putting me in mind of Lawrence O’Donnell. And you’re right. A little feel good story, now and then, is good for the soul. We need them, Lord knows! 🙄 . . . ✌️👍
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I can. Mostly homicide. And the occasional war. And I’m a Christian! Romans is pretty interesting. It tells you to obey your government and trust that God has put them there, for whatever reason . . . 🤔 The guy shouting, “crap,” repeatedly from the pulpit, though. That’s a genuine first for me. Don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone get away with that in the name of, “Christianity,” before? Demonic. Signs and wonders. Funnily enough, the one authority Jesus taught not to take on, “faith,” was Church Authorities. We pick them ourselves, and change them regularly, according old Jesus H Christ. True story.
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@YusufGinnah : Yeah, I noted two things in particular (just on the interaction) which were
1) Not one of those cops thinks of themselves as a, “servant,” public or otherwise, but the OPPOSITE: “Authority figures,” to be feared and respected. They were genuinely confused by the LAW, and embarrassed by the trench they’d dug themselves into.
2) The appearance of more cops, FAR from calming the situation, made it potentially EXPLOSIVE! Now, they’re like a frat crowd, all concerned about how macho they can be in front of their peers, and not being seen to back down. And, tiny Officer Tibet is the one with a killer’s eyes.
His big fat partner is just an angry, cowardly wife beater with a big mouth. Tibet is the one to shoot first, and dances on your corpse after, probably T-Bagging it. I could see it in his eyes. Murder lurks there. Look again, and you’ll see it. ✌️
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Ultimately, this was a case of political corruption at the heart of a charity. Probably, most disturbingly, committed by people who didn’t even acknowledge their own hypocrisy corruption; telling themselves that what Cuomo, “stood for,” was what made him, “too big to fail,” so the truth didn’t matter?
Spare a thought for the victims of serious sexual assault and harassment, who are (or recently were) in the process of being supported by Time’s Up, when all this hypocrisy lead to the collapse of an already burning building? Imagine the despair of all those (mostly) women who were relying on them for legal and moral support? I would not be surprised to learn of suicides as a direct result of this?
Every time I see the name, “Johnny Depp,” mentioned on YouTube, I always write the same comment; “Depp was framed!” But, the good news is that Robert Downey Jr has insisted on having Depp in his third Sherlock Holmes movie, in a major role (probably the villain) and that he has huge support within the population; unlike Amber Herd, who’s star is already fading. The bad news is that it is more and more falling to the, “popular,” vote, for justice to get spread around a little more evenly. Because it seems that Injustice gets spread around, just as easily?
The people involved in Time’s Up deserve all that’s coming to them. But the people they were helping? What of them now? They trusted them, and will mostly be legit cases of people out on a limb, with few options left to them, as their main advocate has been discredited.
I hear you. I feel you. I just hope lessons will be learned? And that people who want change in the world, don’t start becoming like their cultish opponents, disregarding all news and narratives they don’t, “like,” in favor of ones they, “prefer,” until hypocrisy becomes less of a, “trap,” for people to fall into, due to racism, sexism, and all those other, “isms,” and more of a lifestyle choice?
There’s too much MONEY sitting around in Time’s Up’s bank account for them to just shut up shop overnight? But, whether that gets donated to worthier charities, or they try to fix their broken organisation, will be the next big story to watch for them. I just hope they take good care of the case load on their books? I hope they don’t desert the people who trusted in them for help and guidance, so easily as they did their moral responsibilities?
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@xaero76 : Jesus, son??? Tell THAT to Terry Crews? . . . Sounds like you’ve listened to a lot of stories about them, and less of what they actually do, or did? I would agree that there has been too much, “overcorrection,” as Bill Burr puts it. But, I would take Bill Burr’s stance on the rest of it too. You need to calm down and take a look for yourself? Stop listening to all the, “stories,” you hear, and assess the world for what it is, not what Focks tells you to think it is? When due process gets tossed aside, like with the, “believe all women,” nonsense, we’d better push back, and hard! But, no one is telling you that it’s even all about men! Terry Crews, the same guy you cheered with his repeating shot gun, tearing through all the bad guys in Stallone’s Expendables movies, is also a victim of sexual assault! He has Me Too’d and addressed Congress on the topic! How does THAT fit the, “narrative,” son?
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