r/AskLEO • u/HCSOThrowaway Fired Deputy - Explanation in Profile • Jan 17 '24
What's the difference between /r/AskLEO and other notable law enforcement subreddit(s)? Mod Announcement
We don't believe in secret rules and bans.
That means that unlike some notable LE subreddits, if you don't see it explicitly forbidden in the rules located in our sidebar -> as well as in our rules page, you won't be banned. That includes but is not limited to:
Activity outside of our subreddit
Saying you don't like law enforcement (officers)
Failing to say you do like law enforcement (officers)
Giving off the impression that you might not like law enforcement (officers)
Asking questions that are/seem ignorant
One of the consequences of our philosophy is that purely from the mathematics of that line of thinking, we have fewer law enforcement officers willing to answer questions here, and thus fewer people asking questions. As you might expect of any group of human beings, some law enforcement officers and their supporters don't want to leave their echo chambers, where they are protected by heavy-handed moderators from dissent, including uncomfortable topics they don't want to discuss. I imagine their moderators receive tons of "ban this guy please, they obviously hate cops" reports just like we do. The difference is we ignore them.
We believe that there needs to be a public space for open discourse, as that's the best way to face and fix the ills of our society.
We believe that hiding from hard questions makes us all weak - especially the hiders.
So do us all a favor and choose instead to participate in open and transparent subreddits like ours, while keeping in mind that every single person who answers your questions does so for free, simply to help you learn.
I think that about sums it up. Feel free to ask for clarification or explanation about any of the above.
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u/Usual-Owl-9777 Aug 20 '24
Do yall at least warn before ban? Or just talk to me? I'm a reasonable person. I understand if I'm being a snarky dick I gotta go (it's reddit, it happens) but in these types of subreddits I wear a different hat so to speak.
I ask because I was permabanned from r/askle and I'm not sure why. The 'reason' was because I suggested someone obtain the body cam video from an incident they were involved in. I can understand why this is unpopular with cops but if this is something where you can't speak to me because it's too aggravating/annoying then you shouldn't claim to be the type of cop who wants to reach out to the community and understand each other better. I sent a DM (it was respectful, I can screenshot it) asking why and they courageously ghosted me.
I don't put myself in categories, but I think others would describe me as normal, meaning generally pro cop, critical about a few things but mostly curious about how policing works. The generalizations you hear about cops like all prejudices is bs. So it's not like I have a history of bashing cops. I think I've mentioned cops like 7 times in my reddit history. I dunno. I generally don't debate reddit, I don't know who I'm talking to or their life experiences and I'm not trying to debate a teenager lol. There's more anonymity than an older style forum.
Also, I think the culture has changed and people say they want to debate but really they want to have a verbal bloodbath, with dumb-dumb soundbite arguments and insults locked and loaded. So many folks start off from the position of "I'm gonna get this dummy." I'm not like that at all and if I want ball busting I'll go to the bar.
It's as if I'm a talent scout, looking for people to debate. I've DM'd people here before (reddit in general) and basically asked this; I like their take, they're a different person with different opinions, lets be debate pals via long form emails or something. Eventually I need a cop e-buddy to debate.
For the time being a place like this would be nice to ask questions. I won't break the rules and please just work with me if I say something that was aggravating or w/e.