• Kalkaline @leminal.space
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    3 months ago

    It’s an awful gallows humor joke and certainly a fireable offence in just about every workplace no matter the context. It’s certainly not worth $20 mil.

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      3 months ago

      I’m not sure he was joking, though. That attitude is definitely not limited to him - there’s a pretty pervasive sentiment among cops and bootlickers that some people are worth more than others. Denver just announced they fired 3 cops for saying they were going to use migrant shelters as target practice. Yeah they were “joking” just like Auderer was “joking”, but it’s pretty clear that the underlying feeling isn’t really a joke to them.

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      3 months ago

      I would agree if it wasn’t coming from a cop, the only person legally empowered to murder you and get away with it.

      It’s different coming from someone who has the authority to act on that “your life is of low value” statement.

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      It’s an awful gallows humor joke

      It’s not gallows humour when you’re not the one on the gallows, and certainly not when you’re the fucking executioner, jfc.