You have a constitutional right to be a jerk...and a social responsibility to, maybe, not.

I just saw someone post this on Facebook.

I really don't get all this antagonism against the police.

It's one thing to be aware of your rights and to exercise them, it's a completely different thing to set out with the idea of being a pain in the ass to the men and women who risk their lives every single day to make our lives safer.

Again, you know that, in the absence of a warrant or exigent circumstances you can refuse a search. Knowing that doesn't mean that you have an obligation to refuse a reasonable search.

There is a BALANCE between the mindless, "Well, if I'm not doing anything wrong, I don't have anything to worry about" crowd and this need to challenge the police on every little detail.  The answer to leftist administration and a complicit media is not to be as extreme as they are.  We can exercise our rights and still be responsible, reasonable people.

I have several friends and acquaintances who are cops and they are good people who actually give a damn about their communities.  Are there bad cops?  Of course, because there are bad people, but I honestly believe that the HUGE proportion of them are decent, honest people who became cops because they want to make things better.  They did not leave their houses and go to work to strip you of your constitutional rights. 

Here's an interesting thought -- statistically, probably around half of those cops are conservatives and are likely to feel just as strongly about constitutional freedoms as the people who came up with this graphic. 

So, why -- when there is NO reason (other than being a smug asshole) be a confrontational jerk?  And, trust me, the little pissant in "the video" who refused to roll down his window was just trying to be a confrontational jerk.  He wanted to make some sort of point.  The only point he made, in the end, was that he has the right to be an ass.  



This is still America. 


You have the right to be an ass.  Congratulations.