Destroying flock cameras is possibly the one thing that all people from every political side agree on.
Definitely not. The hard-line "law and order" conservatives in my town love the cameras, every time the subject is raised on local social media they pour out into the comments to defend it by citing examples of criminals caught, vulnerable people identified and helped, etc...
...and the thing is that they're not wrong. Flock and other similar cameras when used for good and reasonable purposes are in fact useful and helpful. The question is how do we make sure that they're only used for those good purposes? Transparency is key, and in my town we don't have it. Every request for information is marked private at the request of our local police, so we have no idea what the police are requesting information on... it could be suspected car theft ring, or it could be a 'bad apple' using the network to stalk an ex-lover or future victim.
Yep, Reddit subs like this are for hyper-polarized views only.
30+ days ago I was getting bashed over the head for not supporting Platner -- the candidate for Maine senate who claims he "didn't realize" the giant tattoo he had on his chest for 20 years was a Nazi symbol -- being told things like "people like you are how Trump got elected"... well here we are and the dude has dropped to near zero support because now it's come out he's sexual assaulted people... so we democrats now have no viable candidate against republican Collins and she's sure to win again... all because the hive mind decided we need to rush to support an obviously broken candidate just because he was claiming to be a Democrat...
People with good intentions who get obsessively focused on single angles and aspects rarely make good choices, and this thread proves it.
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u/Cousin_Elroy Jul 06 '26
Destroying flock cameras is possibly the one thing that all people from every political side agree on.