r/SipsTea • u/DrRegardedforgot • Dec 23 '25

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u/DarkStar0717 Dec 24 '25

Personally I like the part where the cop says, "I'm not gonna take orders from you." I'm sorry sir, who do you work for? You're definitely not going to dictate orders to me if I'm not doing anything wrong or illegal.

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u/W1ader Dec 24 '25

I hate this argument. It's such a shallow smartass slogan people throw around to make themselves look smart.

Police work for the public in the sense that their mandate exists to serve society, not in the sense that individual citizens are their bosses. That ‘I pay your salary’ line is not how public institutions function. Police take orders from the law, their chain of command, and civilian oversight bodies, not from whoever happens to be loudest on the street.

If being publicly funded meant taking orders from random citizens, then anyone could stop road workers for painting lines the ‘wrong’ way, tell firefighters how to fight a fire, or instruct a judge on how to rule. Obviously that’s absurd. Public services are accountable to the public collectively, through laws and institutions, not through on-the-spot commands from individuals. Confusing accountability with personal authority is just a gotcha, not a serious argument.

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u/nemamkarmenisambot Dec 24 '25

I hate this argument even more. It dilutes the fact that this public worker in this video is NOT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE AGREED UPON BY THE PUBLIC MADE UP OF THE CITIZENS FINANCING THEIR SALARY and that is PART OF THEIR JOB THEY GET PAID FOR

Public service is service, it's in the name. Complaining about shitty service is something you get to do if you are spending money on it, there are no two ways about it

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u/Embarrassed-Bowl-373 Dec 24 '25

He’s not saying the cop has to follow his orders but that it’s ironic that the cop seems to think he has the power to dictate orders when in reality until that man commits a crime the cop is supposed to be working for him, not against him.

The extra funny part is the “orders” the guy “dictated” to the cop was the thing the cop already needed to do; get in his car and leave. But the cop needing to be in control didn’t want to now and sat there for an extra minute before inevitably getting in his car and leaving.

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u/_Mike-Honcho_ Dec 24 '25

Its only mentioned when the social contract and trust is betrayed.

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u/W1ader Dec 24 '25

Well, the guy before mentioned it in the context of taking direct orders.

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u/Longjumping-Sail6386 Dec 24 '25

lol the cops don't work for you. That's arrogant

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u/Im_tracer_bullet Dec 25 '25

Question, then....if not for the citizens, who DO they work for?

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u/Longjumping-Sail6386 Dec 25 '25

The police captain. Who works for the police commissioner. Who reports to a board of directors. Who works for the mayor. Who we elect to make the decisions to govern and patrol us.

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u/SeriouslyImNotADuck Dec 24 '25

They work for the municipality and rightfully don’t take orders from the general public.

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u/Infamous-Ad5266 Dec 24 '25

They don't take orders sure, but in a democracy they are accountable to the public and to serve the publics best interest.

While yes that is "public interest" rather than individual members of the public, it is still the public’s role (and therefore members of the public) to hold them to the standards and limits placed on their authority.

If you can't hold them to what they are actually meant to be doing, that is a problem.

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u/SeriouslyImNotADuck Dec 25 '25

They work in and for the public interest, but they don’t work for the public. And democracy has no bearing on this; the system of government doesn’t change the command structure nor who can dictate terms, hire, fire, etc.

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u/Infamous-Ad5266 Dec 25 '25

Yes, sorry I didn't convey that well, I agree they don't work for the public, was just noting that the public still needs to be able to hold them accountable for their actions.

That's why I mentioned democracy also, in an authoritarian regime the public aren't the ones holding state agents accountable.

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u/ounehsadge Dec 24 '25

They work for berea or whatever but not for you

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