One that comes to mind for me: “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is not always true. Maybe even only half the time! Are there any phrases you tend to hear and shake your head at?

    • Smoogs@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      The system is still broken. Expecting one or two to fight against a broken system just to prove one cop is good is hardly an argument for cops supporting a system that only rewards corruption. It’s not about giving medals and a pat on a head. It’s about reform.

      So long as they benefit from supporting a bad system: they are bad.

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      4 months ago

      When a cop is completely out of line, no colleagues step in and government prosecutors do nothing, that system is implicated.

      When a cop does intervene and are harassed and fired for it, that system is implicated.