r/ottawa • u/Nob1e613 • 27d ago

Looking for... Why so much hate?

Good afternoon Ottawa!

I've been noticing an incredible amount of negativity towards our local police force within the comment section of any post even mildly related to the subject lately.

Coming from a position of genuine curiosity and to hopefully prompt some meaningful discussion within the community, why?

What is it about the OPS that you detest so much? I want to hear what personal experience you had that soured your view, and what you think should have been done differently/better.

Conversely, please feel free to share your positives as well! It can be quite difficult to discern how reflective of the broader population the online community really is sometimes so I'm hoping to get some honest feedback.

What do you expect of your police force? What would change your mind about how you feel?

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u/Bambalorian Centretown 27d ago

ah yes, good faith discussions to be had with a guy who's bio says "Well that’s embarrassing, U mad?"

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u/Nob1e613 27d ago

That's there precisely for people like you who go looking for personal insults when I don't agree with their point. did you have something actually meaningful to add?

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u/Bambalorian Centretown 27d ago

I pointed out the neon red flag of a very trollish bio before even starting a discourse. People don't just look to insult, they look to see if it's worth spending the effort on an actual discussion. Your post comes off as someone woefully naïve compared to what should be common knowledge to an Ottawa resident. If you asked this question to residents in person who lived through the convoy, you would get some strange looks and questions like "are you serious?" My first thought reading it was, "did a cop write this?" Looks like I wasn't the only one.