Good morning. 🦆🦆🦆
12 October 2025
I received a very negative and rude response to one of my morning posts—either earlier today or perhaps last night. The comment was crude, as someone wrote, and I quote: “I don't need to hear about your lavish bootlicking.” At first, I was at a loss, thinking, “What the heck?” So I pulled up the post they were evidently referencing.
It quickly became clear that the person was upset because I had written about attending my nephew’s Basic Peace Officer Course, celebrating his achievement in becoming a Deputy Sheriff. If you read it, you know the one I mean. The person who left the comment was someone who followed me. And because I don’t need that kind of negativity or crudeness in my life, I unfollowed and blocked them—forevermore, as Poe might say.
Let’s try to unpack that response, though it’s difficult. Why would someone react that way? Do they truly believe our society would be better off without law enforcement? Who would respond to accidents, robberies, or worse? Should I not be proud of a nephew who sees public service as something worthy to undertake?
What exactly stirred that person’s animus? It’s hard to say, especially since they also seemed to take issue with the fact that I spent 30 years serving in the military. I didn’t get far with that line of thought. Like I said—it’s difficult to unpack, especially when it comes out of the blue.
Perhaps the individual simply didn’t want to read about it. That I can understand—except for the crude language. That part’s a head-scratcher, especially since no one is forced to read anything here. Or maybe it was just a bad day. Those happen.
“Don’t let negative and toxic people rent space in your head. Raise the rent and kick them out.” — Robert Tew
The police are the public and the public are the police.” — Robert Peel
“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” — Prentis Hemphill
#morning #rudeness #ducks #lake #police
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