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So uhh this might sound odd to you guys but i do think driving through the hood often for my job helped my confidence a bit. Some of you here may know i deliver food for my main job around my city and often times i go into the poor parts.

As a once scrawny (now bulky) white guy i used to be pretty fearful driving through those parts before but since i been doing those so long.. i just don’t even think about it anymore. My fear has been virtually wiped out. I have zero issues even sometimes talking with folks in those areas. They’re just normal folks y know lol. And yeah i think doing this has helped me feel more confident in myself. by the way even at night i don’t get anxious or anything!

how are you when you drive through those areas in your city?

Over the many years, while our fire/rescue departments and EMS services were crumbling, I was dumbfounded as to why our law enforcement partners were viewed in a much better light than our other first responders.

Just recently in my state, for example, I have been placing huge pressure on our state's politicans to classify assaults against EMS and firefighters as a felony, instead of a misdemeanor. In 2021, my state passed the Back the Blue Act which made assaults against law enforcement an automatic felony, but they left out other first responders. Upon reading the amended law, EMS and firefighters were listed in the preexisting assault legislation before it was amended, but they chose to only focus on law enforcement. This in and of itself is a prime indicator that other first responders are excluded in policymaking initiatives. Finally, as we are only one of ten states that do not have felony assault charges for harming EMS and firefighters, our lawmakers are making steps to enhance these charges.

As the years progressed, our fire and emergency services were crumbling more and more, to the point that now it is a crisis. My former paramedic and EMT coworkers always stated they felt unheard and unappreciated many years back. These were the most cynical, miserable, pessimistic people I had ever worked with. That should have been a tall tell red flag alone.

I have a theory:

I believe the leftists were trying to defund law enforcement due to anarchy. I, however, also believe the conservative right politicians supported our law enforcement specifically because they are the armed security detail for them when the shit hits the fan and to enact their police state agenda. Otherwise, any care for our first responders by our politicians are minimal.

Israel attacked Iran, killed a lot of top leadership and their religious leader. making this Islam vs Judism more than Iran vs Israel. Israel got the US involved in war. Israel is trying false flag events to get US to nuke Iran or invade Iran. So, if Israel can't get US to Invade or use Nuke against Iran they failed to get New Leadership in Iran and Nuclear program dismantled. Iran is pissed and payback is a Bitch. Iran is unloading on Israel now with 100% ballistic missiles striking Israel. Iran won't stop until they are out of Missiles. So, new leader for Iran is open to Nuclear Missiles. It would take one year or two years to make one if they try. So when Iran launches nuclear missile at Israel , how will you take it?

Not a kind of cuisine.