I've got several friends who are/were police. On each one of them -- not all police, but these several men that I personally know -- my absolute number one complaint is that becoming police officers turned them into horrible bullies. Their police training resulted in their savoring every chance to dominate a helpless citizen and they were trained systematically to become the most racist people I know - virtually the only racist people I know. And we're talking about GOOD men here.
I personally have a look about me that makes police respond to me very aggressively also. Me personally, I have absolutely no privilege as it pertains to my interactions with the police. I'm in at least the 90th percentile (not 99th, but 90th) for hostile police response, inner-city blacks included, and it isn't because I'm hostile to government authorities. TSA, police, DOL, doesn't matter. They still pick fights with me every single time.
A small Asian woman is extremely likely to be treated more courteously by a cop than I am. ?So is she punching up or down when she talks with me?
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Generalizing that problem to then logically conclude that --- > any time the petite Asian woman disagrees with me the cop-bullied bearded guy, that makes her the insensitive one?, that's the kind of logic that the country doesn't seem to want to tolerate any more. Whichever one of us lives the easier and happier life, when it comes to idea exchange, we still both get to talk.
Put another way: whether I've got leukemia or not, friend, I've still got to win debates with you on the merits. Not because our sensitivies rule your ideas out of bounds.