The politics of the police: The liberalization of the FBI..

Wasn’t the FBI founded to spy on private citizens and wasn’t J. Edgar Hoover a racist cross-dresser ?

 

Wow, very cool that Trump's hand picked FBI director is 'liberalizing' the FBI (continuing the work of another Republican, James Comey). Maybe we should shut it down until we figure out what's going on.

 

What am I going to gain from reading a partisan opinion piece? I can simply use my brain to know that there is nothing "liberal" about the FBI, I cant even think of the last director that was in any sense a political "liberal" or even a registered Democrat. The FBI are cops!

 

"Oh no! A branch of law enforcement is prone to over indulging in their own self importance! This is unprecedented!"

 

Since the beginning, the Bureau has always favored hiring people with college degrees from top schools (generally not the liberal arts type degrees though), that really seems to be the "proof" of liberalization, which I think says more about how conservatives think than anything.

 

Because this staunch conservative ex fbi who retired back in 2015 and is all worried about culture wars says so??

he “thinks”….
“….I think the type of recruit they’re bringing in is more opinionated, more idealistic, more liberal,"

…..and culture wars is a big priority.

“Yet in 2015, a handful of FBI agents complained about a "wax-like, life-size figure of J. Edgar Hoover" positioned within the New York division’s museum. What was the reflexive decision by FBI headquarters public affairs office? Immediately remove the "offensive" statue so as not to "trigger" some fragile agent. “

(he has 2 other op-eds about how the fbi is “woke”- in the titles)


…..and shocker - poor Trump:

“Dating back to the 2016 Trump-Russia sham investigation”

 

Not unlike the people who havent been in college for 20+ years weighing in on campus culture

 

I wonder why there are so many FBI-themed TV series ? Do Americans just enjoy watching bad guys on TV ?

 

I've always thought of FBI agents as being educated and straight-laced. Maybe it was Bill Maher who joked about them being the type of people who iron their underwear. Reminded me of most prosecutors I know.

 

Yeah, its one thing that has barely changed since Hoover (other than they hire more minorities & women now, in the Hoover days, the FBI was almost all white men). Perhaps that is further evidence in the conservative mind that the FBI has "gone woke."

 

Very good point. The evolution away from the old boy's club probably makes it feel much more "liberal" to many, even if not in a partisan sense.

 

Woke now means law abiding so….

 

Ok Mrs. Webster.

 

If they are going after the orange god, it can't possibly be because they may have an actual case, the only possible explanation is they are leftist radicals who hate America. Carry on and spare your invective.

 

up to this point, this is POTD. And only 6 words.

 

After listening to that garbage for 7 or 8 years now you would think if they "may have an actual case" something would have come of it by now.

 

He has been indicted. So something clearly has come of it.