i can imagine the protests scared a bunch of rubes.

If ur in a poor community i can imagine "becoming a cop" might be a solution to you, i mean i hear that reason a lot from minority law enforcement.

Also like, between warehouse worker, fast food, cable guy, construction, maybe COP might be more respectable and "worth" doing iunno

  • D61 [any]
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    4 years ago

    True, and I know that people who have members of their family in active military service will happily vote for which ever candidate says nice things about the troops. Doesn't matter that the actions of the politician might put them in harm's way.

    Anecdotes from the past... Cindy Sheehan in the 2000's protesting Bush 2 after her son was killed in Iraq and in the Michael Moore movie, Farhenheit 9/11, there's a lady who was a cheerleader for the wars that her kid was involved in up until her kid was killed. I'm pretty sure both supported the "president" at some point because that's what you do to show support for their kids/the troops.

    So maybe less support for the "cops" and more support for family that happens to be a cop.

    • BOK6669 [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      right but if ur trying to explain numbers and why, this could be a reason why. Is all im saying, not THE reason, just a reason

      • D61 [any]
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        4 years ago

        I'd agree with the "cop adjacent" part of your OP almost whole heartedly.

        I'm less confident about the "poor people might want to be a cop some day, so they decided to vote conservative." If things are actually getting more dangerous to be a cop, why would that make anybody want to be a cop. Basing the above from what I'm pretty sure happened after the first few years of the 2000's Afghanistan and Iraq invasions started seeing masses of troops killed and maimed, recruitment and retention went way down.

        • BOK6669 [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          Im not saying that, i think u become a cop good intentioned, want to fix your community, and then you get brain wormed by doing the actual job and being in the culture. And likely having to deal with some pretty nihilistic situations that you cant solve as a cop. All this turns ppl conservative over time.

          You might wanna be a cop to fix your community which is more relevant and substantial to you over going to a country youve never heard of and blowing it up.

          • D61 [any]
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            4 years ago

            Ah... so like one of the latest KushVlogs states, its the difference between "asshole" and "pussy".

            I can get that.

            I'm pretty sure when I was in the military, there were people voting for politicians who talked about raising our pay even though the same politicians were voting for/refusing to vote against ending the conflicts that resulted in repeated deployments that caused harm for just about everybody involved.