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chris_gerribPolice Shootings and the Catholic Church
So I read an interesting article from a conservative news source entitled You Don’t Have To Be Black Lives Matter To Support Police Accountability. It's a bit light on root causes, but it does have a nice bit on "virtue cloaking."
Basically, virtue cloaking, well, I'll just quote the article: When a profession commands our respect, we often feel tempted to “virtue-cloak” it, insisting against all opposition that members of that profession really are what we know they should be. This is how people end up defending clearly bad police shootings, or saying criticizing police has a "chilling effect" and leads to higher crime. It's also how the Catholic Church ignored pedophilia in its ranks for far too long.
Virtue cloaking is an excuse, and like most excuses it stinks. Having said that, understanding why somebody is doing something is frequently helpful in suggesting alternative behaviors.
Plus Hilary Clinton
So I saw the news conference in which Clinton will not be criminally charged for not securing classified information. I suspect that an unspoken reason for not charging her is the high bullshit quotient of what we classify. Did you know our targeted assassination via flying robot program is top secret? In any event, the whole affair is why I'm not a big Clinton fan - it's too slick by half.
So I read an interesting article from a conservative news source entitled You Don’t Have To Be Black Lives Matter To Support Police Accountability. It's a bit light on root causes, but it does have a nice bit on "virtue cloaking."
Basically, virtue cloaking, well, I'll just quote the article: When a profession commands our respect, we often feel tempted to “virtue-cloak” it, insisting against all opposition that members of that profession really are what we know they should be. This is how people end up defending clearly bad police shootings, or saying criticizing police has a "chilling effect" and leads to higher crime. It's also how the Catholic Church ignored pedophilia in its ranks for far too long.
Virtue cloaking is an excuse, and like most excuses it stinks. Having said that, understanding why somebody is doing something is frequently helpful in suggesting alternative behaviors.
Plus Hilary Clinton
So I saw the news conference in which Clinton will not be criminally charged for not securing classified information. I suspect that an unspoken reason for not charging her is the high bullshit quotient of what we classify. Did you know our targeted assassination via flying robot program is top secret? In any event, the whole affair is why I'm not a big Clinton fan - it's too slick by half.
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Date: 2016-07-07 03:13 pm (UTC)If Comrade Hillary wins the election, look for Mr Comey to continue as head
of the FBI, possibly with expanded authority. He's no fool; Trump keeps
aiming at his own foot and putting it in his mouth, and if Mr Comey had
preferred charges and Evita “won” anyway… ulp. Such backscratching has
been a staple of politics for ever.
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Date: 2016-07-07 03:32 pm (UTC)Comey was appointed to several offices by Bush, including US Attorney and Deputy Attorney General. He's as non-political as you'll get.
Face, Meet Egg.
Date: 2016-07-07 03:50 pm (UTC)Now see, I should have checked that. You take all the fun out of Conspiracy theories.
[Note, however, that the Director can be removed. By the President. Doubtless “for reasons of ill health.” Ol' J Edgar served for 35 years because he had so much inside dirt on the various Presidents that they never dared…]