You are damn right!
This forum isn't unique either friend. It is often this happens when you dont subscribe to their same streaming service of daily programming.
Thing is that in 15y the majority of them won't be here to complain anymore, grasping at what was so frequently instead of what can be!
Seriously think about how damn steadfast you can really be all the way to death about simple reform! Who wants to abolish police? Defund them if that means no budget for their tanks and bearcats then sure....if it means more cops that can be trained with that money....sure you bet.
That's where you're wrong. This forum IS unique, and yes, I've been a member here for 16 years. You are correct in one aspect, some of our OGs are no longer around, but a lot of them still are.
I've been a member of a bunch of different forums over the years and this is the only one I still frequent. I still go to Glocktalk occasionally, but usually only for the classifieds.
This forum is like a family. I've met a bunch of members and I can honestly say each and every one of them were as good as gold. A handful of them I consider true lifelong friends and we still get together every now and then just to shoot the breeze.
However, as most forums go, we do have our fair share of arguments and disagreements along the way. Most of which we just agree to disagree, but sometimes a royal jackass will show up and bring a lot of misery to a great forum, and he/she will usually get all butthurt and bail. Which is sad.
But, at the end of the day, we are all entitled to our own opinion. If you don't like cops, you don't like cops. You're not the first to express your feelings about us and you definitely won't be the last. Hell, I've been called anything and everything you could possibly fathom. Usually from guys just like you, that had some bad dealings with the popo and decided to link us all in the same chain.
Luckily, I've never really had to work with a "bad" cop. Oh sure, I've worked with some that I didn't like, whether it was his attitude, his corny jokes or hell, even the way they slurped their coffee. Cops are some of the biggest pricks out there. BUT...I've never worked with one that was dirty nor have I ever covered up another flatfoot's illegal or immoral shenanigans. In a 33+ year career, at 8 different agencies, I'd say those are pretty good odds.
Go ahead and rag on me and all my brothers and sisters in blue. You'll be ignored like all the others. You just might wanna buy a big bottle of ketchup, however. It makes that crow you're gonna eat one day, go down a little better. Love ya, brah!