No, it’s not a “guilty by association” type argument.
I don’t necessarily subscribe to the ACAB argument. It seems that way in the US, but I don’t have any direct experience with that. In Australia I’ve never encountered a bastard cop, nor even heard of an experience like that, aside from a few instances I’ve heard of in the media.
I think it comes down to the prevalence of misconduct.
In some police services there may indeed be just one or two officers who are bastards and in that case you’re obviously not a bastard just because you work in the same service provided you’re not actively covering up their behavior.
In other services where there’s a culture of violence and cronyism et cetera, it would become impossible to serve the community without at least passively condoning the misbehavior of others. This is the situation where one could like at the entire service and say, that all of them are bastards even if they’re not directly perpetrating violence.
No, it’s not a “guilty by association” type argument.
I don’t necessarily subscribe to the ACAB argument. It seems that way in the US, but I don’t have any direct experience with that. In Australia I’ve never encountered a bastard cop, nor even heard of an experience like that, aside from a few instances I’ve heard of in the media.
I think it comes down to the prevalence of misconduct.
In some police services there may indeed be just one or two officers who are bastards and in that case you’re obviously not a bastard just because you work in the same service provided you’re not actively covering up their behavior.
In other services where there’s a culture of violence and cronyism et cetera, it would become impossible to serve the community without at least passively condoning the misbehavior of others. This is the situation where one could like at the entire service and say, that all of them are bastards even if they’re not directly perpetrating violence.
This all makes sense to me. 🤝
That’s a good word I learned today. Thank you for that one.
And thanks for this productive exchange. Exactly what I was looking for. ❤️