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How is it any different at all? The officer isn't the bad guy in your hypothetical. The guy being shot is. Just like when a fascist reacts to Renee Good's murder with "well if she had just followed his orders she'd still be alive!"
Exactly like that in every last way.
you didn't answer my question, you're so focused on being right that you can't see how wrong you are about pretty much everything you write.
I just wanted to say that your patience in the face of what looks like willful misunderstanding in this thread has been exemplary. Well done.
Thank you, I appreciate that, though I think I need to learn to disengage from these people a lot sooner, I find it really tough because I just want them to actually just talk to me as a human instead of trying to constantly fight me. It's a little reminiscent of when you're trying to help an animal who doesn't understand you're not trying to hurt it. Some people just don't want help, or they can't admit it.