I hear you, and I have seen a few of your posts on a numeber of threads sharing your experience and that of your parents. I’m sorry it was come to this, really, but I suppose that each and every generation has to learn this lesson themselves (Jefferson did say it lasted about 20 years, IIRC).
Of three close friends I had that became officers, one (one of the kindest, respectful guys I know) quit because he couldn’t stand it, the other (an average guy, but a bit “cocky”) quit and joined the military, I guess to broaden his Horizons (a step up for him, I suppose), and the third is still an officer, who, sadly, who is not only an Obama/Reid supporter, but also had many, many feelings of inadequacy growing up. He grew up without his father, and while nice enough, did have a bit of a controlling complex and anger issues even as a youth. I guess he found his niche.
P.S. I know dozens more officers, these are just 3 I knew from the days of being a kid, through adulthood, and they all went to work for the same PD.
Oops, I’m sorry if I’m a broken record :-)), I’m so embarrassed, lol. I try not to post the same thing, and I definitely don’t want to sound like my parents are victims (they never talked about it and hardly do to this day), but I’m so in shock over what is going on.
I think you’re right about each generation. It hasn’t helped that Hollywood made almost zero movies about their friends, the Communists (China, USSR, Cuba, or anywhere else). The idiots wearing Che shirts and Obama shirts and yelling class warfare crap have no clue.
Yikes about your friends.... I know there are still a few good ones left who are on “our side,” but right now, it’s hard for me to see that. ESPECIALLY with the Pima Cty Sheriff’s Dept....