This lady believes that soldiers and police are inherently violent without realising who protect their lives and freedom

BarryHalls · 2026-02-13T18:24:33+00:00

Not even bothering to read this drivel, but I hear this a LOT. Cognitive dissonance is a real mental health issue and we as a society are constantly making it worse. We are teaching people to dissociate their beliefs and this is really really bad for society and individuals.

Regardless, others here may be interested in Lt. Col. Dr. Dave Grossman's books, specifically "On Killing"

Dr Grossman is the world authority on the psychology of combat and he says that 2-3% of people don't have an innate aversion to violence, BUT also have empathy and a conscience. These people can commit violence without remorse of the violence itself, but they need moral and emotional justification for it. These are the people who gravitate towards careers, not tours, in military and law enforcement. They use violence as a tool for the good of society. These are our warriors and defenders.

These people are needed by our species as a safeguard against the 2-3% of people who have neither an aversion to violence nor empathy and conscience. Those are people we may classify as psychopaths or sociopaths. Career criminals and serial killers.

I should also note that some of the empathetic/conscientious violent people also end up as enforcers for organized crime and justify themselves as doing what they have to do for their "brothers" or to provide for their families.

Fun fact. Those violent people without conscience, empathy, etc don't do well in the police and military. They have problems with following orders, teamwork, and putting themselves in danger for others.

Just going to mention the elephant in the room, narcists and those who wish to benefit from power or being on the inside gravitate towards law enforcement too. The reasons for that should be obvious. Transparency, accountability, and punishment are what should curb that.

Ornery_Weakness_8168 · 2026-02-13T18:05:53+00:00

I lose more hope in humanity every day. 🫩

ImJust_V_SpecOfDust · 2026-02-14T05:16:31+00:00

I'm over the hate. I'm over it being justified and glorified. Sometimes I really do wonder what's the point anymore. Not like it's gonna get any better. This is just one of many issues that keep escalating. It's like the end game is to kill our souls with spiritual warfare. So we're all dead inside and that nothing will matter anymore. It's scary when you really think about it.

TheDwiin · 2026-02-13T20:18:07+00:00

While I do agree soldiers defend our freedom and protect our lives... I can understand why people, especially Americans, say cops don't, because cops generally tend to be violent and escalate situations, and even the courts say their job isn't to protect and serve. For every cop murdered by a criminal, there are 20-30 civilians murdered by cops. While some of those are justified, the fact that there are unjustified ones at all shows they aren't off their mark by saying cops aren't to be trusted.

Especially with more recent times where federal police officers are executing unarmed civilians in broad daylight. RIP Alex Pretti, who was shot in the back while posing no threat to any of the DHS officers present.

Edited to add: also, it isn't discrimination to treat police officers as such. Police isn't an unwilling demographic, it's a career they chose, and they are free to leave at any time.

Title	This lady believes that soldiers and police are inherently violent without realising who protect their lives and freedom
Author	WillyNilly1997
Upvotes	30
Comments	9
Date	February 13, 2026 5:41 PM UTC (5 months ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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