The Absurdity of Police Comparing Vaccine Mandates to Nazi Germany
Law-enforcement officers’ unions are rebelling against the possibility of required vaccinations in a way that reflects their own distorted view of their power in society.
It was after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that she would pursue a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for all city employees that the local Fraternal Order of Police president, John Catanzara, finally understood what it was like to be a Jew in Hitler’s Germany.
“We’re in America, G-ddamn it. We don’t want to be forced to do anything. Period,” Catanzara said, as transcribed by the Chicago Sun-Times. “This ain’t Nazi f---ing Germany, [where they say], ‘Step into the f---ing showers. The pills won’t hurt you.’ What the fuck?”
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Police unions all over the country have been rebelling against the possibility of vaccine mandates. In New York City, the largest police union is threatening to sue over a potential vaccine mandate, calling immunization a “personal medical decision.” The national Fraternal Order of Police is “recommending” vaccination but is against mandates, because “you cannot tell people what to do. It’s still an individual and personal choice.”
In a nation where police themselves argue that defiance of their directives can justify fatal force, it is more than a little bizarre to hear police officers analogizing vaccine requirements to Nazi Germany or insisting that the state cannot dictate their behavior. The police are an arm of the state; their job largely consists of using their authority to force people to do things in the name of public safety.
That so many feel this way, even though the coronavirus has killed scores of their fellow officers, is remarkable. It has been the foremost killer of police officers in 2020 and 2021, by the FOP’s own numbers; nearly 600 police officers have died from coronavirus-related complications. By contrast, the FOP has counted about 35 officers killed by gunfire this year. To its credit [lol fuck off why are pig lives more important than real people] the FOP sought early access to the vaccine for police officers, which the federal government granted.
We’re in America, G-ddamn it. We don’t want to be forced to do anything. Period
~t. literal enforcement arm of the government
i wish all police unions and officers a very suffocate
Good news is that with their antivaxx stance they seem to wish themselves a very suffocate too
Maybe we can reappropriate those "I can't breathe" t-shirts when they're all on ventilators. :officer-down:
oh shit, that's gonna be funny. all these dumb porkers mocking George Floyd's murder with their t-shirts, then they're gonna die fighting for air
Pedantic but the “I can’t breathe” shirts I think were first worn by NYPD pigs after Eric Garner. I want to emphasize that they are fascist pigs and always have been.
“We’re in America, G-ddamn it. We don’t want to be forced to do anything. Period,” Catanzara said, as transcribed by the Chicago Sun-Times. “This ain’t Nazi f—ing Germany, [where they say], ‘Step into the f—ing showers. The pills won’t hurt you.’ What the fuck?”
This was said, presumably, by a real person. What the everliving fuck. Like I knew they didnt let people into the gang if they're too smart but it hits different when you see it on full display.
:cop: :stalin-gun-1: :stalin-gun-2:
Pig: “We’re in America, G-ddamn it. We don’t want to be forced to do anything....This ain’t Nazi f—ing Germany"
Also Pig: "Get on the ground, put your hands behind your head, and crawl towards me. I SAID HANDS ON YOUR HEAD! NOW CRAWL! CRAWL WITH YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HEAD OR I WILL FUCKING SHOOT YOU! THIS IS A WELLNESS CHECK, MOTHERFUCKER!"
:brick-police: :acab:
I can genuinely never tell whether American reactionaries are really just that stupid or it's just calculated cynicism
please let pigs continue to be unvaccinated :crab-party: :officer-down:
Wearing seat belts and Kevlar is also a personal medical decision which I discourage :cop: from doing
We're in America goddamn it. We don't want to be forced to do anything, period. This ain't Nazi fucking Germany where they say 'wipe your ass, you smell like shit, whats wrong with you, it's all over the back of your pants, you're a union leader, have some dignity' What the fuck?
Antifa here. Those cops better get vaccinated, I love taking away the rights of the beautiful boys in blue. I would be so owned if officers continued dying for no good reason
Here, the police and first responders were the first ones to get the vaccine :shrug-outta-hecks:
