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malokvale77

(4,879 posts)
188. Of course you don't see the logic.
Tue Dec 23, 2014, 02:01 AM
Dec 2014

From your posts on DU, logic has nothing to do with your thinking..

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #1
So a cop's life is worth more? morningfog Dec 2014 #3
I think that was an incoherant 'yes'. marble falls Dec 2014 #21
The elemental value of ANY human body RoccoR5955 Dec 2014 #82
You should clarify your position. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #11
++ , also if law enforcement made known their desire to get rid of the ellenrr Dec 2014 #51
It's that thin blue line that must never be crossed. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #142
That thin blue line indicates corruption. In my mind. LiberalFighter Dec 2014 #180
You're right about one thing....they don't protect you and me. ileus Dec 2014 #2
Buy more guns and come out shooting?...interesting world that would be with no good cops... Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #6
My friend, I found you a good cop before, but you haven't responded to it. Savannahmann Dec 2014 #35
Interesting world with no good cops at all...or only the odd one here or there is the line now? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #45
And yet again no real response to the query. ret5hd Dec 2014 #58
Nobody is saying that it is. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #4
Hatred of cops, as expressed at this site ... JEFF9K Dec 2014 #9
Yeah, this is hardly the real world. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #10
"Hatred"? IMO that is not reality based. Anti bad cop is not hatred. L0oniX Dec 2014 #44
How reality-based is it ... JEFF9K Dec 2014 #78
I guess when the police kill a man in the streets he takes away the right Ed Suspicious Dec 2014 #81
So cops aren't innocent until proven guilty? JEFF9K Dec 2014 #109
In most cases, there is no opportunity to prove their guilt . . . markpkessinger Dec 2014 #251
Cops are innocent - period, in our current system. Chemisse Jan 2015 #277
This kind of says it all. (nt) malokvale77 Dec 2014 #187
Innocent until proven guilty JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #111
You think the only witnesses who lied ... JEFF9K Dec 2014 #122
Who knows -but JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #141
Logic and reality-based thinking are ideals of the Democratic Party, unlike the Republican Party. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #146
I'm looking around for that f*ck I'm supposed to give about anything JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #147
Sorry, but ... JEFF9K Dec 2014 #149
LOFL!!! bravenak Dec 2014 #153
I just want M0rpheus to log on JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #161
I miss him too. bravenak Dec 2014 #162
I'm gonna have some scotch JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #163
I'll have a Hennessy and Coke. bravenak Dec 2014 #165
Roflmao! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #166
Tee hee hee!! bravenak Dec 2014 #167
Well at least he's managed to get us drunk! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #169
Yes, I do. bravenak Dec 2014 #170
All fair points! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #171
I haven't really gone anywhere... M0rpheus Dec 2014 #175
Heeeeyyy!!!! bravenak Dec 2014 #176
I'd post more, but this gif would be in heavy rotation: M0rpheus Dec 2014 #177
No shit. bravenak Dec 2014 #179
bravenak's greatest hits! M0rpheus Dec 2014 #183
I can do that too, you know... NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #227
Is that... A CHALLANGE?!?! M0rpheus Dec 2014 #241
Your reputation precedes you, kind sir, I am in no way WORTHY ..... !!!! NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #242
No need to run! I'm about as blue as they come. M0rpheus Dec 2014 #250
*Wonders how I got involved in a thread about lost f*cks* M0rpheus Dec 2014 #173
Good morning! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #195
You are too funny! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #158
WHere have you been hiding this Morpheus person, this is FUNNY NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #243
He's one of my buddies! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #244
I hear you, been dealing with crap all day... NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #245
Go here! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #247
Lawd! this place could use a little fun! M0rpheus Dec 2014 #260
Of course you don't see the logic. malokvale77 Dec 2014 #188
Give some examples. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #238
Hilarious! LeftOfWest Dec 2014 #151
Oh my gaaahhd! :-) JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #157
You are stalking me? JEFF9K Dec 2014 #184
You reference Mayor Giuliani JonLP24 Dec 2014 #156
I think he does remember it JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #159
I don't especially like Giuliani. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #239
Heh heh heh JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #246
Nice, but not relevant. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #256
You gotta lighten up! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #257
Some witnesses said that Brown was shot in the back. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #237
I actually wrote a post to something to that effect JonLP24 Dec 2014 #254
why, logically, does having a witness 40 mean there were maybe 100, or each contributed maybe 1%? uppityperson Dec 2014 #186
If you can't see the logic there, I won't waste any more time on you. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #200
you refuse to clarify? oh. no, I do not see the logic and you don't want to explain how uppityperson Dec 2014 #225
I'll try again. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #233
countering claims not based on evidence is "nitpicking"? uppityperson Dec 2014 #234
An honest prosecutor would not have Madmiddle Dec 2014 #202
Calling ALL witnesses to testify, and letting the grand jury sort it out ... JEFF9K Dec 2014 #240
You really believe that 1% of the evidence crap? That's not logical that's rationalization. marble falls Dec 2014 #266
It's my own calculation. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #267
Its your math, all right. And your own illogic behind it. You seem to think all witnesses are of.... marble falls Dec 2014 #268
You don't believe in reasonable assumptions? JEFF9K Dec 2014 #271
Absolutely. But not silliness. That's fantatasy. That's just silly. Its a Grand Jury, not a .... marble falls Dec 2014 #272
You are assuming that the grand jury has no judgement or intelligence. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #275
Thank you... Stryder Dec 2014 #276
Suborning perjury. As an officer of the court he is sworn not to put up false witnesses or evidence, marble falls Jan 2015 #278
Petition to remove innocent before proven guilty from the books then. L0oniX Dec 2014 #118
What you got there is presumption of guilt. You are already declaring a person in an encounter as TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #174
Yeah, but Anti All cops is hatred. whathehell Dec 2014 #138
Are you seeing members saying ALL cops are bad? ...cause I don't see that. L0oniX Dec 2014 #140
I have seen it, yes. nt whathehell Dec 2014 #143
Link please. (nt) malokvale77 Dec 2014 #190
Glad to help out: 7962 Dec 2014 #199
Sorry, but going through every post on every thread on whathehell Dec 2014 #208
This message was self-deleted by its author otohara Dec 2014 #120
You talked to two cops and now you honestly believe whathehell Dec 2014 #236
This message was self-deleted by its author otohara Dec 2014 #255
I know that and I'm not whathehell Dec 2014 #259
Right. And if we don't value a cop's life, then we can't insist that the cops value others' lives. Yo_Mama Dec 2014 #12
I don't know what you mean by "legitimate exercise of police authority is a proxy for the ellenrr Dec 2014 #53
That is a question... malokvale77 Dec 2014 #191
should we value their lives more? uppityperson Dec 2014 #135
Hmmmmmm ..... I wonder why that is? They've killed too many unarmed people, maybe? marble falls Dec 2014 #23
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #84
The "there are no good cops" narrative ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #73
I hadn't thought of it that way. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #75
Had you noticed the up-tick in accusations of "authoritarianism" ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #77
+!00! zappaman Dec 2014 #131
Sounds like the Tea Party to me. Don't they hate all things government? nt Fla Dem Dec 2014 #85
I beg to differ ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #93
Your definition of anarchism is wrong. Anarchism is not about destruction, it is about ellenrr Dec 2014 #100
Two things ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #112
I grew up in an anarchist/socialist community... ellenrr Dec 2014 #114
My experience with/views of anarcharists .... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #119
What a unique perspective! OilemFirchen Dec 2014 #123
and your definition sounds more like Socialism than Anarchy to me.. whathehell Dec 2014 #137
It's not socialism, it's TransitJohn Dec 2014 #152
You noticed that too. Historic NY Dec 2014 #127
I, once, got into a discussion with a "survivalist", who ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #133
I've definitely seen that here treestar Dec 2014 #206
What? ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #209
LOL. And yet, the cop I know treestar Dec 2014 #213
On a somewhat related note ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #216
So true. It's always best to treat people well. treestar Dec 2014 #218
If nothing else ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #228
The "Why" of the Hate is Most Important liberalmike27 Dec 2014 #116
+1, excellent post! dreamnightwind Dec 2014 #150
Yes. I was honestly shocked to see a video this morning whathehell Dec 2014 #128
I was disgusted but not really shocked. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #130
I was disgusted whathehell Dec 2014 #134
there are photos floating Niceguy1 Dec 2014 #154
Are those like the "broken eye socket" photos you guys were passing around? RandiFan1290 Dec 2014 #196
what is this Niceguy1 Dec 2014 #253
Yeah. You swallowed that shit whole. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #164
You swallow your own shit, sweetie. whathehell Dec 2014 #172
Then you have even less of an excuse, sweetie. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #182
LOL I don't need "excuses", dear whathehell Dec 2014 #185
I should no longer be surprised at willful ignorance on the left. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #189
Results... Major Nikon Dec 2014 #217
Thanks. The television station has apologized for their lie. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #219
Hey, thanks Major! whathehell Dec 2014 #223
You're very welcome Major Nikon Dec 2014 #224
LOL whathehell Dec 2014 #229
OMG! A TYPO! There it is! You got me! Whatever shall I do?!?! Major Nikon Dec 2014 #231
Aww..Feeling a little "gotched"? Whatever shall you do? whathehell Dec 2014 #232
Oh my..You do have problems, don't you? whathehell Dec 2014 #220
You can try to make this about me all you want, but I'm not carrying water for RW liars. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #222
I don't "carry water" for RW Liars, either, genius, so I'm SURE you'll be able to show us where I whathehell Dec 2014 #226
6 years and you believe everything you see on TV. DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #230
Don't tell me nobody is saying that . . . markpkessinger Dec 2014 #249
You say that as if hating cops were a bad thing. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #270
Funny then that I have so many friends who are police officers. NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #274
Thanks for missing my point. Odin2005 Jan 2015 #279
The SCOTUS marym625 Dec 2014 #5
+1000 heaven05 Dec 2014 #42
That doesn't mean it's not what they do. Igel Dec 2014 #103
That doesn't change what I said marym625 Dec 2014 #126
Great info on role of the police JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #197
"Cops do not protect you or me". Criminals take note. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #7
You know there is a Supreme Court Decision that the police have no duty to protect the public right? Savannahmann Dec 2014 #34
So, like I said, criminals take note. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #41
They already have which is why hundreds of them kick in doors every weekday morning 951-Riverside Dec 2014 #83
I think that only means they can't be considered bodyguards treestar Dec 2014 #214
Possibly, it could be interpreted to mean that. Savannahmann Dec 2014 #221
If I were at demonstration and Ramos and Liu were told to spray me with ellenrr Dec 2014 #8
"It does mean that there is no good cop." NaturalHigh Dec 2014 #59
Yeah, that's just absurd treestar Dec 2014 #215
Um, you don't know that.. whathehell Dec 2014 #129
Their lives are worth just as much as any other life. Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2014 #13
An eye for an eye makes the whole DU go blind. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #17
Just So ^^^^ RobinA Dec 2014 #18
they are worth as much as any other life, no more, no less.. ellenrr Dec 2014 #19
Using Evidence RobinA Dec 2014 #28
I take your point, but when examples pile up, one can be excused for generalizing... ellenrr Dec 2014 #29
the "blue wall of silence" heaven05 Dec 2014 #38
exactly- if cops would police themselves, it would be a different story.. ellenrr Dec 2014 #49
Yes, well said. It's the police who've developed an "us against them" mentality.. mountain grammy Dec 2014 #52
++ ellenrr Dec 2014 #56
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aw don't you know? Skittles Dec 2014 #145
none of what you say is true heaven05 Dec 2014 #39
I Think the Point RobinA Dec 2014 #14
I agree the polarizing discussions don't help...they are just venting,, ellenrr Dec 2014 #24
Many more security guards are assaulted than cops and some are killed. L0oniX Dec 2014 #47
Apparently they're not in more danger than... Atman Dec 2014 #26
+1000 heaven05 Dec 2014 #36
Not a day goes by without seeing a video of a cops beating someone up.. mountain grammy Dec 2014 #71
this is so true. thank you! "Our government at the highest levels committed torture ellenrr Dec 2014 #74
Lead by example Go Vols Dec 2014 #148
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #90
Cops lives may not be more important than others but they are just as important. Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #15
Agree completely ArcticFox Dec 2014 #16
The Depravity RobinA Dec 2014 #22
exactly. good points. they receive training, unlike we civilians ellenrr Dec 2014 #25
And who arrives to arrest that nutcase and protect the rest of us, the NRA? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #43
Care less? leftynyc Dec 2014 #30
I rise in great opposition to your post! hrmjustin Dec 2014 #37
hrmjustin, while you are rising in indignation, can you ellenrr Dec 2014 #57
What else is there to say. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #61
I don't know about anyone else. I said, I do not think cop lives should be valued over anyone else's ellenrr Dec 2014 #64
Yes I was not taking issue with you. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #65
I know, you were referring to Arctic Fox. I guess I agreed with him/her rhetorically... ellenrr Dec 2014 #70
+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2014 #193
"We should care less when a cop is killed"? That sucks -- EVERYONE's life matters. whathehell Dec 2014 #136
Cops only protect property? Indydem Dec 2014 #20
really? So in the low-income neighborhood, cops investigate assaults and rapes? that would be ellenrr Dec 2014 #27
You are wrong on the property point Renew Deal Dec 2014 #54
As always, it depends on what color you are, and what social class... ellenrr Dec 2014 #60
So if they had "protected the black business owners" Indydem Dec 2014 #99
Ask yourself why the NG was busy protecting Historic NY Dec 2014 #132
"as always", my ass --.What about Black cops? whathehell Dec 2014 #160
They are operatives of a racist institution, are trained to act in racist fashions, and are immersed TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #198
Oh please.. whathehell Dec 2014 #205
Seems fair, you are unwilling to discuss the institutional aspect which is over arching TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #261
No, I've discussed that aspect on several threads, whathehell Dec 2014 #263
Being a cog in a system doesn't require "brainwashing" just tolerance, immersion, training, TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #265
Was quick trip owned by a black individual? joeglow3 Dec 2014 #262
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #94
no it isn't heaven05 Dec 2014 #33
I 100% agree with you. bsmarty Dec 2014 #31
Truth is Always appreciated heaven05 Dec 2014 #32
I Think it's akin to the civil rights cases the federal govt brings in murder cases marshall Dec 2014 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2014 #46
The cops of today are not like those of the 50's. I remember when they were friendly. L0oniX Dec 2014 #48
yeah when I was a child, lived in a small town, ellenrr Dec 2014 #50
cop defenders, please answer my question: ellenrr Dec 2014 #55
oh well.. I guess the answer must be "none" ellenrr Dec 2014 #76
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #97
A DUer had a nephew who was a cop treestar Dec 2014 #207
When good, honest, normal everyday persons get killed... SoapBox Dec 2014 #62
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #63
?? this post is real? a troll? ellenrr Dec 2014 #66
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #69
I think the framing of this is part of the problem Helen Borg Dec 2014 #67
Sad to see this on DU... deathrind Dec 2014 #68
I agree with you, it is sad that on DU so often people do not delve deeply into the issues.... ellenrr Dec 2014 #72
The posts in this thread have a very clear point... deathrind Dec 2014 #102
I am in favor of special protections for cops in the line of duty... Orsino Dec 2014 #79
Carefull One_Life_To_Give Dec 2014 #80
Can we publish this at our blog? LovingA2andMI Dec 2014 #86
publish my post? yes. ellenrr Dec 2014 #101
Of course not. Is anyone making that argument? closeupready Dec 2014 #88
Who here would be in favor of stopping the killing? We have families killed by family Thinkingabout Dec 2014 #89
"The officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety for ours every single day DrDan Dec 2014 #91
I condemn the killings of the 2 police officers...and you have no right to interpret what I mean... George II Dec 2014 #92
There are many jobs far more dangerous than law enforcement randr Dec 2014 #95
+ ellenrr Dec 2014 #117
The value of life is always worth discussing. ananda Dec 2014 #96
I don't know what eleemosynary shadows are, but Occupy is alive and well... ellenrr Dec 2014 #104
We need to have this discussion because Dawson Leery Dec 2014 #121
When It Comes RobinA Dec 2014 #124
Hundreds of black and hispanic people being killed for no reason, workinclasszero Dec 2014 #98
++ ellenrr Dec 2014 #105
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #108
No whites are killed by the cops? JEFF9K Dec 2014 #110
This Is Where RobinA Dec 2014 #125
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #106
Well said. kentuck Dec 2014 #107
+1 rock Dec 2014 #113
When a cop or administrator does the right thing - what happens? ellenrr Dec 2014 #115
Nope, not always.. whathehell Dec 2014 #139
I disagree Android3.14 Dec 2014 #144
I don't actually see US holding cops to a higher standard. bravenak Dec 2014 #155
What higher standards do you speak of? TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #201
K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2014 #168
"Today is the worst day of My life," - Jaden Ramos, 13 maced666 Dec 2014 #178
Cops are a manifestation of our system of laws, like judges or attorneys. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #181
I we could do something about the subculture of violence in many departments-- eridani Dec 2014 #192
K&R excellent post!!! N/T UglyGreed Dec 2014 #194
I disagree with one portion termroffor Dec 2014 #203
I think that the reaction to the cops' death dishonors their memory... ellenrr Dec 2014 #258
Sorry but all killing tears at the fabric of society. People have a tendency still_one Dec 2014 #204
Yes, but... Atman Dec 2014 #210
Yes, People are shaped by what personally happens to to them, no doubt about it. I know people who still_one Dec 2014 #212
I agree! I know a lot of cops from my neighborhood and they are good people. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #211
Damn' tootin! hifiguy Dec 2014 #235
Very well said, including the part about feeling obliged to precipitate every reference to sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #248
Fascist? Really? FBaggins Dec 2014 #252
Nor are they worth less than any other Hekate Dec 2014 #264
"Cops defend property." That is something I am always having to explain to people. Odin2005 Dec 2014 #269
Hey everyone the problem is solved! LordGlenconner Dec 2014 #273
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