ACAISAETOSOOSBTNOTPI or All Cops Are Inherently Supporting And Enforcing The Opressive Systems Of Our Society By The Nature Of The Policing Institution doesn't quite have the same ring to it though.

I mean I get it, "ACAB" sounds a bit like an over-reaction and I wouldn't use that term to talk about Belgian cops, but within leftist circles like lemmy I think it's an acceptable shorthand since 90+ percent of people already understand The Discourse™ on some level.

[–] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Haha that acronym gave me a chuckle.

Yeah I get it, I just don’t like when things are reduced to all x’s are y’s, think that kind of polarised thinking isn’t helpful when the world has a whole lot of grey in it. Equally if someone is happy to post a comment like that online I don’t think there is anything bad about chatting it through like reasonable humans.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Social meanings of words out weigh dictionary definitions, that’s just how being social works

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm very left wing and I hate the ACAB slogan.

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’ve never heard a progressive, liberal or democrat call themselves “left wing” before

Thanks for expanding my world view!

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm not American so labels like democrat and liberal mean nothing to me. Consequently I have no idea what you're trying to insinuate

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was a legitimate thanks for being you

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I'm sorry - I'm a bit dense sometimes when it comes to interpreting comments on the net.

Follow up question: is left wing a loaded term in US politics? It doesn't seem to me that US conservatives mind being called right wing?

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No need to apologize haha

And I don’t think so, it’s just another word for progressive or any other number of synonymous words which equate to “we want to push society out of stale behaviors and encourage constant reevaluation and adjustment.

Some people just can’t handle that sort of thing for one reason or another

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

PEB

Policing Enables Bastards

Meanwhile, “ACAB” is obviously wrong and disrespect to anyone who signs up to get fired for being a good cop.

Don’t need to say literally wrong things that have to be re-explained, even if it is catchy. Be The Change!

AACABAL! (All ACAB’rs Are Lazy!) :)

[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

See, that expresses that it's a systemic issue and that consequently some cops are bastards without damning everyone who is part of a large diverse group. It's even a simpler acronym. Brilliant

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Must be the third time I’ve shared it in the past year or two… first compliment! :)

[–] The_Lopen@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

I mean how about instead of hyperbolizing, we actually find a good acronym that does less to push people away from our world-view? If the problem is the system, find an acronym about the system. It doesn't have to be perfect, but if we don't genuinely think every single cop is bad, we should stop saying it, no?