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[–] Kofu@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 year ago (5 children)

She is right. The cops here in the UK are bullies and they treat the public like crap. Bullied in school became a cop to get power, uses power to bully others. The way they treat people is awful. I work in accommodation for the homless and the diffrece in the way the police talk to me and them, is night and day.

Thing is, no one want to be friends with a cop or be in a relationship with them.... could you imagen breaking up with a cop? Fuxk that! i'd sooner cut a finger off.

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Generally, there are two types of CHUDs:

  1. People who were popular in high school and bullied people, and being a CHUD is how they can relive their glory days as the cool kids forever

  2. People who were bullied by group one, and decided to get their revenge on the world by becoming bullies themselves.

[–] Kofu@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So well put here. This is a very good explanation. If you don't mind me asking, is a CHUD an abbreviation of something or is it just a word assigned/given, like Karen or Jock

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

CHUD is an acronym for cannibalistic humanoid undergroud dwellers. It's a reference to movie, but for whatever reason CHUD became the slang term for reactionaries. You'll every now and then see "hog" used the same way.

[–] jack@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's sort of the equivalent of how "gammon" is used in the UK.

[–] GarfieldYaoi@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

It also serves as a good alternative for "white trash" without the classist baggage it comes with.

Although I'm getting the feeling gammons are going to start calling themselves gammons as a term of endearment.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think this applies everywhere. The power attracts a particular personality type that is less than trustworthy.

[–] Kofu@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah this is definitely the case, but if you know anything about UK playgrounds, you definitely know the type.

[–] RivenRise@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is freedom of speech not protected there? Or are the cops that much of a cunt that they ignore it?

[–] Kofu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's just say... you have that freedom but who says they can't get rough before you get a chance at some actual policing when you are in front of the Sargent.

They are on edge and jump at the opportunity to arrest someone for even a simple infraction, what makes it worse is that, resisting, talking back, swearing and in anyway make the police officer technically feel "upset" or "afraid" can add more to the case, so you can imagen a mouthy person getting manhandled like this person.

They love it.

Edit: some spelling

P.S Don't get me wrong, there are good cops but its pay is shite, its just a job to some and the lack of funding is a joke. also for real, corruption needs to be addressed.

[–] PCurd 2 points 1 year ago

There is no equivalent of the first amendment in the UK - we don’t have the right to freedom of speech in that sense but do have freedom of expression (from the Human Rights Act if nowhere else).

It is an offence to say hate speech or commit certain offences against public order (which the police claimed in this case).

Effective the UK operates on all speech is legal unless it is legislated against, which hate speech is.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Contempt of cop is the only actual crime in any juristiction.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I figure it might be like here in the US. Nobody stops cops so they can enact vengeance at will