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My sister-in-law moonlights as both an EMT and a firefighter when she's not a cop.
Can I get a schedule so I know when she's a bastard? Like, if she's called off the wildfire line in town to do some traffic management, is she a bastard if she's driving to the site in her blue digs in her personal vehicle, or if she is driving back home with both uniforms in the trunk is she bastard-adjacent? She's normally a really great person, so I don't want to misstep.
I gotta know at what point she fulfills your generalization requirements.
How many cops has she arrested or ticketed? This is a foundational component of the calculation.
I think that kinda depends on how you view morals and ethics. One could claim that a profession doesn't define your morality.......but I doubt many say that about the Nazi or Isis.
Now that's a bit hyperbolic, but it does lend weight to the framework of the argument. Can an individual be "good" and simultaneously be supporting a system or group that is "bad".
Now you can wholly reject the notion that the police are bastards, but that would just be a different debate, and likely a futile one. But, it would still be a stronger argument than your original.
If my day job is working as a corrupt politician, but I moonlight at a homeless shelter.....does that cancel each other out? If a person wanted for murder stops a mugging, does he get a get out of jail free card?
I don't doubt she's a great person to you and people she cares about, but we're not really talking about personal relationships.
Even when she’s not a cop she is still a cop if that answers your question.
Begs the question if traffic management falls under ACAB, haha. Although, some parking enforcers can fuck all the way off.