A Short Essay by Galfordo (in the Spirit of Merc but less Masculine)
I'll just offer my two cents' worth of advice on dealing with cops. I'm not going to get into how it should be, because that's just mental masturbation and reality doesn't care.
DON'T GIVE THEM ATTITUDE. They deal with the scum of the earth and put their asses on the line only to be paid poverty-level wages. Most of them aren't cut out to deal with this reality, the reality of being a cop. Many of them have attitudes. I had a cop reach for his weapon when my (white) friend got out of the car during a routine traffic stop. I had run a red arrow stoplight after I had just begun to drive on my own. This guy was lovingly referred to as "Maniac Cop" in my hometown. Then again, I've ran into some cops that are fairly decent, and have been helpful, but I will concede that most are fairly obnoxious and have an adversarial attitude and an "us against them" mentality.
DE-ESCALATE. You literally have nothing to gain by being an asshole. Swallow your pride and live to fight another day. Cops do not respond well to being threatened or harassed. Just be the bigger man - learn to let go of the eggshell ego and hyper-defensive mindset that our omniscient mass media has convinced you to be your obligation. It's juvenile and it's fucking ignorant - bite your tongue and stfu, it won't kill you.
If you feel yourself getting pissed, just take a deep breath and try to empathize for a few seconds. Picture yourself in the other guy's shoes, think about what his situation was and how it must have made him think and feel. I realize this is impossible for most people, because we have been taught from birth to worship ourselves while everyone else can fuck off and die. That notwithstanding, it is an interesting exercise that I recommend you at least try. It can sometimes be soothing and comforting to realize how much we have in common with each other, just by a simple thought exercise. Unless of course we're talking about Makismo, that guy was a fucking weirdo.
But I digress ... what I guess I'm getting to here is that people need to chill the fuck out and exercise a little patience. A big part of life is mastering the art of impulse control, in both your actions and your thoughts. Thoughts are definitely more fundamental to impulse control. If you allow them to take hold and fester, you will likely have an attitude, elevated stress levels/cortisol, and be subject to triggers which greatly decrease your ability to maintain physical impulse control. Not a good thing.
YOU THINK THIS TWO YEAR OLD CIGARETTE-SMOKING KID IN MY SIG IS GONNA LOSE HIS COOL???!! FUCK NO HE ISN'T, HE BE CHILLIN'.
Take a step back, collect yourself, and move along. "Getting even" for every minor perceived wrongdoing in life is enormously overrated. In the end it just gives you fucking heartburn and rots your fucking insides.
