You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind — things that exist only there — and clear out space for yourself: by comprehending the scale of the world; by contemplating infinite time; by thinking of the speed with which things change… the narrow space between our birth and death, the infinite time before, the equally unbounded time that follows.
lol some Miami firefighter got suspended for texting this
ID: text message with swears blanked out and right edge cut off, timestamp 6:59, reading:
Who cares another dead cop probably against gun control. They didn’t give a [blank] when kids were dying in that school shooting they stood outside. Cops exist for the government to exercise its monopoly on violence. They want the whole world to stop when one of theirs goes down. How many idiots I had to transport with honor guard their dead bodies from coronavirus because they were all too stupid to wear masks or get vaccinated. All cops are for is protecting the rich property owners and the status quo. Everything else is a farce. [blank] the police.
The firefighter in question has been fired and the Miami Department of Fire-Rescue chief & president of the Miami Association of Firefighters both say they fully support the police [NBC News link, Aug 19, 2022]
Feel free to use all those talking points about FREE SPEECH and FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS as you (politely, seriously) express your grave disappointment in their conduct in response to a valid criticism of police ineffectiveness, jeopardizing of public health, and overmilitarization at the expense of funding for communities.
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