I’ve had a strong concern with people in EMS calling others “citizens” as if they are some special tier in society. As a paramedic I am a citizen - I am not in the military. But I see a distinct effort by some of my fellow citizens in EMS try to create some class difference because they took a whole year (less for the cops) to learn some skills at a community college (maybe just classes with some vague accreditation for cops).
I know the “vague accreditation” statement might start some conversations, and I’ve taught in EMS at the college level and taken law enforcement classes; I would actually enjoy discussing this with my fellow citizens in the police field.
The thing that gets me every time is when I hear a police officer refer to someone as a “civilian”. Like, dude you are a civilian too unless you’re giving your weekends to Uncle Sam. They hide behind the word, like people can’t understand the life of a police officer in the same way it’s hard to understand combat in a war zone without having been there. We all live here, we all understand it perfectly fine.
They use military ranks, military equipment, and go through training to dehumanize and terrify them to encourage them to kill at the slightest hint of danger
Maybe we should stop letting them larp around like an occupying force…
I’ve had a strong concern with people in EMS calling others “citizens” as if they are some special tier in society. As a paramedic I am a citizen - I am not in the military. But I see a distinct effort by some of my fellow citizens in EMS try to create some class difference because they took a whole year (less for the cops) to learn some skills at a community college (maybe just classes with some vague accreditation for cops).
I know the “vague accreditation” statement might start some conversations, and I’ve taught in EMS at the college level and taken law enforcement classes; I would actually enjoy discussing this with my fellow citizens in the police field.
The thing that gets me every time is when I hear a police officer refer to someone as a “civilian”. Like, dude you are a civilian too unless you’re giving your weekends to Uncle Sam. They hide behind the word, like people can’t understand the life of a police officer in the same way it’s hard to understand combat in a war zone without having been there. We all live here, we all understand it perfectly fine.
They use military ranks, military equipment, and go through training to dehumanize and terrify them to encourage them to kill at the slightest hint of danger
Maybe we should stop letting them larp around like an occupying force…
I’ve said for awhile now that they’re welcome to all of that.
If they are also subject to UCMJ.
I’d rather they just not have any of that, but a stricter judicial system for those carrying the monopoly on violence sounds like a good idea