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Cops have always been triggered by the mildest of disrespect, this has nothing to do with people worrying about social micro-aggressions.

What’s actually happening is that cops are being filmed and because of that people are losing respect for them faster than ever and the cops hate it and want to do anything they can to prevent people from disrespecting them.

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SJWs have always been triggered by the mildest of disrespect, which is why we’re here in the first place.

Frankly speaking, it’s impossible for me to take the claim that this is the result of SJWs seriously. It’s just too ridiculous.

I think the growing discontent against cops due to their being filmed is a much more reasonable explanation for these kinds of laws. That’s why we are also seeing attempts to restrict people’s ability to film police.

I feel like having video evidence of a police officer doing something they really shouldn't is neither "mild" nor "disrespect" (although, I guess you could argue that I rapidly stopped respecting the police when I realized just how little accountability there is for these incidents...)

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