Who's saying it's an excuse? It's a mitigating factor, and it's important to understand why people do things if you want to change what they do, but no one's saying this sort of thing absolves someone of all responsibility for their actions.
People treat troops and cops differently because they're different. Both are bad, but they aren't the same.
Troop: Recruiter is in their high school, they sign up when they're years away from being able to drink or rent a car (sometimes when they're minors), they have no experience with the reality of the job because we don't send the military to occupy American towns, and when they do get face to face with the reality of the job they're halfway around the world and will get thrown in prison if they try to quit.
Cop: Generally not recruited at all, most join a few big years later than troops (and often with a degree that makes them more employable), they have some idea of what cops do because they've been in places cops police growing up, and they can quit whenever they want with no consequences.
In short, cops go into the job more intentionally, with more information and maturity, and they have nothing holding them there but money once they're in. And this still isn't excusing troops for participating in the imperial death machine. I've never seen anyone on here suggest that.
Literally the only reason anyone here treats cops and troops differently is because there is a fractional chance that the police might negatively affect them, while the Troops only harass those dumb subhuman foreigners.
Other than those material differences I listed, you mean.
There's a pretty big difference between "this person can just drive home and quit with no consequences" and "this person will get thrown in prison in a foreign country if they try to quit," for starters.
Who's saying it's an excuse? It's a mitigating factor, and it's important to understand why people do things if you want to change what they do, but no one's saying this sort of thing absolves someone of all responsibility for their actions.
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People treat troops and cops differently because they're different. Both are bad, but they aren't the same.
In short, cops go into the job more intentionally, with more information and maturity, and they have nothing holding them there but money once they're in. And this still isn't excusing troops for participating in the imperial death machine. I've never seen anyone on here suggest that.
Literally the only reason anyone here treats cops and troops differently is because there is a fractional chance that the police might negatively affect them, while the Troops only harass those dumb subhuman foreigners.
There is literally nothing else to it.
Other than those material differences I listed, you mean.
There's a pretty big difference between "this person can just drive home and quit with no consequences" and "this person will get thrown in prison in a foreign country if they try to quit," for starters.
Right no former cops have ever faced any danger from their former colleagues.
Every American soldier is executed on the spot if they say they want to stop killing children.
Do you think this is a productive way to have a conversation with other leftists?
I don't think any of you would be amenable to any examination of your hypocrisy even in the most hand-holding of tone.
Assuming everyone else is wrong and being an asshole to them is wrecker shit.