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Originally Posted by SunnySide
Bob - you formed your opinion of police through your interactions with them. Your post went through several stories that you have experienced that formed the basis of your opinion.
Why cant that be the same for others?
Why would you think you can have your opinions based on your experience ... but then think everyone else's opinions of police is not from their own experiences but from media news?
The American experience is different for every single person.
Whats good for Bob or what Bob thinks may not be good for Sunny or what Sunny thinks.
We cannot think that all people must think how we think. I dont expect rural middle america to agree 100% with what I (east coast suburban guy) think.
I dont think assume my experience is the same experience that all americans have experienced.
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I just think my number of interactions with police was excessively high, even excluding friends and family for someone who doesn't own a rap sheet. I think my girlfriend was in her 40's the first time she interacted with a cop, she got caught in a state police check point, the ones where they check license and registration and look for safety violations. I believe someone opposite of me with number of interactions could be heavily influenced by the media.
All this triggered a bad cop memory, a friend's cop uncle and his two cop buddies. It will have to wait for later.