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glaug
It'd be nice if we could expect humanity from cops instead of being afraid of them. These exceptions need to become the rule.
pontoonofshame
Honestly I feel like there’s a lot of good that goes on in the US. It’s just not shown as often as the bad stuff because #adRevenue
buttwheek
Happy Birthday America. We have work to do but we are always up to the task. Let’s sit and talk and realize we are more alike than not.
jackhunterjones4
colderfish
Every single one of those slides with cops should be "the norm".
Katz00
#1 I'm almost certain is the Minnesota state fair heck I've lost my party there before
ThreeLineRifle
It is. Happened in 2015.
yomesmita
I agree that the USA is a great country and America a great continent.
Justtoberight
Evertime this is reposted, people comment the same: This has nothing to do with being American, and all to do with being a good human being
Justtoberight
I will never understand this mentality of stubbornly clinging to superlatives and at the same time oversimplifying. Your country, like any
Justtoberight
other country, has amazing people in it, no doubt. But you don't become a "great" person bc of your nationality.
dancesloth
I would love to come back and visit America again when everything has changed for the better.
phonoodle415
Yeah now isnt good lol
Mayzowl
Thank you for this. The USA is a country that is right now fighting to preserve the good it stands for. We can't let partisan division win.
ImAFoxButNotReally
The US is waking up and finally seeing it had a disease inside that was killing it. Hopefully you can fix it before it's too late.
Mayzowl
I hope so too.
thatwoodguy
Always look for helpers.
ElusiveThing
Every country has flaws, but that does not preclude greatness. Finding flaws and fixing them is a part of being patriotic. Keep at it, all!
LieselSkywalker
HansVerhaegen
Look, as heartwarming as many of these are, they are symptoms of deep seated problems in the US that should not even be necessary.
arkady74
Thank you! Lot of this reflects of how poverty is here in US, and police are present instead of support systems. It's sad this is uplifting
RideTheStimutacs
Unfortunately most of these are so old they have little meme children by now.
isamario
"Look for the helpers"
sticksosteel
I like the love commandos. I hear a lot of crazy stuff out of India, so it’s nice to see people who are doing good
meemolade
@op, thanks for this...I think we all needed a reminder.
QuitLookinAtMineAim
I'm not crying you're crying
TotallyNotASnail
Nah
Outnumberedbydogs
Yep, I’m definitely crying.
HolyHellJezebel
I don't know why these make me cry but they do!
solmazer
Bob Ross got me... Beaut' of a guy. You?
mrsdowneyjr
You can cry. It's ok. *pats back, mom style*
NewMoonRising
I am most certainly crying. So much.
Budtenderlife3000
These ones get me every time
SclopioPeepio
Be there for somebody sometimes
AdonesMr
Finally, not Karen
LincLoud
#5 The little kid is playing with chemical bottles
Amarie31
Right!?!?!?!?!?
bagoffishstix
setaroja
Hey boy, hey girl!
amfahGiraffeWatcher
All these good things also happen in other countries lol.
henerydanger
It’s non Americans, we see your country a little differently ??♂️
WhySoCereals
Finally, a feel-good post. Happy 4th everyone.
ApparentlyImaPsychopath
Happy fourth to you too!
PearjuiceATX
I'm not srying in the walmart parking lot while my wife shops, that's some other PearjuiceATX.
Swecker
What a coincidence. I'm in a Wal-Mart parking lot while my wife is shopping...
LiquorishSunfish
Ask your wife if she would like your company while she shops. Especially if it's grocery shopping.
ZombieZooZombieZoo
Wat
NiSiSuinegEht
#15 got charged with battery.
Ashokaaa
#30 didn't age well
frood42
Womp Womp.
redindian3922718
? & ❤
baraseth
Grudgebearingmidget
You had me worried for half a second there....you little shit
RLoftensarcasticBiscuit
Very uplifting post. I feel bad for those who felt the need to downvote it
RandomAussie
Often downvotes are from bots voting to look real or bring down posts that aren't theirs
cadburyegg
For some Imgur is not a community. It is not about sharing ideas, it is simply a funny meme site used to escape reality. Basically these
cadburyegg
users want to turn Imgur into iFunny or 9gag, while simultaneously bemoaning how horrible those sites have become.
frood42
Miserable feckers.
SeriouslyWhosDownvotingThis
I'm relevant! And, I totally agree!! This is some @ryanjoseph666 type shit!
ryanjoseph666
I approve
SeriouslyWhosDownvotingThis
I hate it when people downvote your posts. Like who do they think they are!!?!?!
ryanjoseph666
People will downvote anything
redcougar78
There always seems to be ones that want to make everyone as miserable as they are.
PennyDreadful
Your point is actively demonstrated by the down votes on your comment. It's sad.
TheOneAndOnlySomething
I think (just guessing) that some people might see this as downplaying the bad going on. I believe that it's important to see the good as...
HenryLongfellowIII
Upvoted. It's uplifting, but it's a little sad that it has to be along the lines of "not everybody is a cunt".
TheOneAndOnlySomething
Agreed. However it's nice to see that we no longer deny the counts amongst us. It's a good start
TheOneAndOnlySomething
One good thing trump has done is bring the shit to the surface and force people to start getting involved
TheOneAndOnlySomething
...well as the bad. I did however hesitate over the "great country" part. Mostly because it seems that the "America is great!" slogan has...
TheOneAndOnlySomething
...been used for too long to hide the bad. For a long time it feels like calling out the bad was treated as unpatriotic and invalid
Mayzowl
Yup. As an American, while I love living here, we have a duty to call out injustice and demand solutions. That's as patriotic as it gets IMO
NikkiWolf
dunno, to me, saying America is great means like in the ideal of it. a country where everyone is free and equal.....(1)
NikkiWolf
that's the American Dream. it's not that way now, but the spirit of it, and the ideals of what the country should be, are.
Panlong
Glad to see good cops being upvoted. I've gotten about -200 for saying not all are bad or criminals. Peace will always be a great thing.
Mayzowl
Thank you. My husband is a sheriff's deputy, he joined because he wanted to help people. Not all departments are corrupt.
FrolickingFrolicking
“Not all are bad” is missing the point. Problem is the culture of violence and the ones who kill/abuse are never prosecuted or convicted
airkeeper4
If someone can explain to me how tarring all people in a subgroup of humanity with bad examples thereof isn't a bad thing, I'd be grateful.
Panlong
I said the same thing whether it's police, doctors, Americans, LGBTQ, and so on.
Panlong
That is a problem but we can focus on more than one issue and bullying the people that will try to save your life who aren't corrupt...
Panlong
along with the bad ones helps no one. Most of the movement isn't trying to remove all policing.
xoverthirtyx
NO. Dividing or taking the focus off the one issue allows the problem to persist. Are you seriously suggesting people not speak out if they
Panlong
Once again you guy put words into my mouth. I support justice and kindness. If you downvote, you do not. It's that simple.
xoverthirtyx
they want to be protected by police? Because cops *not killing people are just DOING THEIR JOB & they should hold their peers accountable...
xoverthirtyx
& if a cop feels bullied by being held accountable then they should grow up and need to be a cop.
Panlong
I'm tired of the "we can only focus on one thing" argument while they focus on harassing everyone and being hypocrites.
Panlong
If someone has happiness, you don't take that away because you aren't. It's simple. We can celebrate while not liking what's going on.
xoverthirtyx
Oh if you don’t like focusing on one problem this year you probably wouldn’t like 400 years of systemic oppression.
Ravenfloof14
Nice reminder that there is still good out there, just a little harder to see right now!
Basis64
Well most of these are the result of bad things. Reading to HOMELESS CHILDREN.. Ouch
IneedToWinLotto
There is FAR more good than bad, I promise you.
AwesomeTeddybear
It's okay man, it's mostly media that covers the bad ones because that's more "newsworthy" to them. Never forget how much good there is!
BenSnow97
Bad news keeps you on the edge of your seat, good news doesn't. That's why. That's also why some things just shouldn't be businesses.
Cammo353
A good cop that doesn't take any actions to make any real change in a system full of bad cops is a bad cop
AwesomeTeddybear
Yes but that's not what I said or meant :)
Scalam1
You sir or ma'am or anything in between are a bigot. The only difference between you and the bad cops is you dont hurt people physically yet
perchance2dream
Not the fucking point ffs
Mayzowl
While that's true, you have to know there are plenty of departments that do not have corruption or bad officers. What can they really do?
Mayzowl
An officer in a jurisdiction that has good cops, good training, they can't be lumped in with some other state's bad officers.
tinybluedot5
So part of why it seems like the media prefers bad news is bc it’s the media’s job to hold people accountable when they do bad things
tinybluedot5
Source: I am a journalist
shmekie
Yes i think that’s true in certain areas. But places like cnn are the sensationalist maximalist version of that, reveling in spectacle
shmekie
But it’s out of whack when news stops showing protests because they’re peaceful and they don’t know how to cover nonviolent protests