The people around me know I don't put up with bullies, thieves, molesters, thugs, or any archators. Yet, they choose to characterize this as "You don't like cops". Really? That's what they get from that? That's what they focus on?
They're right. I don't like cops.
Not because they are cops, but because they are bullies and thieves and molesters and thugs and otherwise nothing but archators. Even if they very rarely do something helpful. There is no such thing as a "good cop"-- no good person can be a cop. Not because they are a cop, but because of what the "job" requires. In the exact same way that there can't be a good rapist.
I don't make exceptions to disliking bullies, thieves, molesters, thugs, or any other archators just because it's part of the "job" they choose to carry out.
To abbreviate this as "You don't like cops" is to miss the entire point.
The only reason I can see that this would be the focal point is that those around me make an exception for behavior they would otherwise recognize as bad, as long as it is carried out by a cop (or other government employee). Things they wouldn't tolerate anyone else doing, they justify when done by a goon wearing a badge. That's kinda pathetic.