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The Police Are Not Your Enemy
Unpopular opinions and hard truths
Our country is still one of the greatest countries in the world. We are blessed with almost unlimited freedoms that are consistently taken for granted. We have, until recently, been able to balance our freedom with structure. You are free to say what you want to say, wear what you want to wear, worship whatever God you chose or none at all, marry your true love who happens to be the same sex as you, and live your life the way you choose. You are free to be whatever you want to be, and do whatever you want to do, as long as it does not encroach on the rights of others and does not violate the laws and ordinances set forth by our government.
You must have order and structure for civilization to prosper, however recently, some feel that disorder and chaos should prevail. Because of the mistakes, negligence, and maliciousness of a few, we have decided that a particular group as a whole should be persecuted and tormented.
Let me say that again: because of the mistakes of a few within a group, we should classify the entire group of like individuals as villians.
To me, it sounds an awful lot like what we as a country have been protesting against. We have been combatting the…