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Bette Midler: Are Police Departments Magnets for Sadists the Way the Church Was a Magnet for Pedophiles?
Singer Bette Midler sent out a tweet late on Wednesday asking whether police departments were magnets for sadists the way the church was a magnet for pedophiles.
Midlers tweet forwarded a tweet by Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K Brown which showed side-by-side photos of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling on the sidelines during the national anthem and the Minneapolis police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, who died after repeatedly telling the policeman he could not breath.
For all those who didnt get it the first time, the second time, the 20th time
this is not a political issueits a civil rights and human rights issue, Brown wrote in her tweet.
Are Police Departments magnets for sadists the way the church was a magnet for pedophiles?? Midler asked in her tweet forwarding Browns.
More: https://cnsnews.com/blog/cnsnewscom-staff/bette-midler-are-police-departments-magnets-sadists-way-church-was-magnet?fbclid=IwAR0gkuc18p1IPUs6aEr_Il6r8eTpg4-xbjI8S6tL3n4ZJ3S5utBTKde3TMQ
KentuckyWoman
(6,690 posts)I read something she posted about DJT's birthday that cut deep. I have liked her a long time. She continues to earn it.
Quixote1818
(28,959 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)It sure makes it easier for serial killers to do their thing easily.
You just have to be a little patient, but you can just keep on getting the special thrill of murdering people and there is no hassle with disposing of the bodies or spending time finding and stalking victims. The bonus is, you can get away with it over and over with impunity. Perfect!
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Jeebo
(2,025 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 16, 2020, 03:00 AM - Edit history (1)
...there were two cops on the city's police force who had been bullies in high school.
I have suspected for a long time that cops become cops because they like to shove people around, and having a uniform, a gun, a badge and the authority of the state gives them an outlet for those impulses.
-- Ron
Hekate
(90,773 posts)Strict male hierarchy, God and/or Law on their side, answerable to no one outside their culture, and secrecy. Toxic masculinity at its finest.
It's past time for a strong dose of sunlight disinfectant.
BigmanPigman
(51,623 posts)TristanIsolde
(272 posts)chowder66
(9,074 posts)Response to Quixote1818 (Original post)
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OneBro
(1,159 posts)Religious organizations are waaaaaaayyyy out front when it comes to employing and actively protecting more pedophiles.
She didnt say ALL or even MOST police are sadists, she asked whether police departments are MAGNETS for sadists, i.e. the kinds of people who could casually shoot another human in the back or choke them to death as they plead for their lives.
canetoad
(17,175 posts)You may want to figuratively gird your loins to defend it.
Quixote1818
(28,959 posts)tends to protect the bad apples.
stopdiggin
(11,348 posts)but then completely dismantled by the WAY over the top word rage.
Pull back on them reins a little bit, pardner!
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)For a large order of pearls to clutch, a 'Thin Blue Line Fainting Couch', and a Junior Tone Police badge for you.
As a bonus, a copy of Reading Comprehension For The Angry is included.
uponit7771
(90,358 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)These generalizations are sickening; liberals aren't supposed to prejudge people like that. It's being like right wingers, just with different targets.
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Here. A few days ago.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213587570
PufPuf23
(8,813 posts)probably have more than the general population on average of actual sadists.
The entire profession and system are way past time for a major overhaul. No place for racists and bullies.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)Or the Boy Scouts of America?
Haven't we figured out yet that pedophiles are everywhere they can get easy access to children?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/usa-swimming-sexual-abuse_n_5a8ad81fe4b004fc3194c4b2
Explosive Report Says USA Swimming Covered Up Hundreds Of Sexual Abuse Cases
The report paints a picture reminiscent of the USA Gymnastics sexual abuse scandal.
A lengthy investigative report from the Southern California News Group ― published Friday at one of the groups newspapers, the Orange County Register ― says that USA Swimming ignored or covered up hundreds of sexual abuse cases over the course of decades. The report is reminiscent of the recent USA Gymnastics scandal involving former team doctor and convicted pedophile Larry Nassar ― where the people in power cared only about winning and safeguarding the sports image, subsequently protecting and enabling an abuser to prey on young athletes.
Citing court documents and internal communications, the SCNG report says USA Swimming enabled hundreds of predators, most of whom were coaches, and allowed a culture of abuse where it was accepted for older coaches to have sexual relationships with underage athletes. The article centers on Chuck Wielgus, the former USA Swimming executive director who died in April of complications from colon cancer.
https://www.wdsu.com/article/boy-scout-lawsuit-alleged-abuse-cover-up/30391908#
The complaint accuses the Boy Scouts of America of rampant sexual abuse at the hands of BSA scoutmasters and other scout leaders and efforts to cover up the extensive evidence in its files documenting that abuse.
BSA created, maintained, and promoted programs that attracted pedophiles by the tens of thousands and gave these predators unsupervised access, and therefore opportunities, to prey on boys who had been entrusted to BSAs custody and care, the lawsuit alleges. BSAs programs were tailor-made for pedophiles to forge trusting relationships with boys of their desired age ranges, to exploit their positions of authority and control over the boys to commit horrific acts of sexual abuse, and to discourage boys from reporting that abuse by enforcing BSAs core values of obedience and loyalty to scout leaders.
stopdiggin
(11,348 posts)And then you go on to link to reports focusing on gymnastics, swimming and BSA. So which is it .. specific problem organizations .. or "everywhere with access ..?"
(Getting back to the OP .. I think Midler made and off-hand comment that probably doesn't bear up all that well under scrutiny. Meant mostly as humor? But then, heck .. it's Twitter! This is the place where we spitball all kinds of half-assed, and half-baked, ideas!)
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)but the US swim team lawsuit and the Boy Scouts have been in the news most recently.
stopdiggin
(11,348 posts)I just thought your initial point was that focusing on the Church (or the BSA?) as per Midler's tweet was a disservice to understanding the pervasive nature of the issue. I thought the rest of the post kind of muddied that central theme. But like I said .. your post. And maybe I misunderstood your whole meaning entirely. It happens.
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Eyeball_Kid
(7,434 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,458 posts)There are four types of people who join the military. For some, it's family trade. Others are patriots, eager to serve. Next you have those who just need a job. Than there's the kind who want the legal means of killing other people (although with the police, this group satisfies their bloodlust by beating the shit out of people).
Wounded Bear
(58,694 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,856 posts)Boy Scouts, teachers, youth groups, etc.
It doesn't mean all people working with kids are pedophiles, by any means, but just that it would be particularly appealing to those kinds of people.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)others do so for the worst of reasons. So yes, it is a magnet for both extremes. with most folks who join falling somewhere in between. But giving someone with a sadistic bent both a gun and a license to kill counters all the good done by dozens who may be in it for the right reasons.