Slog - Comments on On My Christmas List http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list The Denver Police union is selling this shirt, re: the DNC protests, for a fundraiser. And I want one. Thanks to Slog commentor Shawn Fassett.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:54:09 -0800 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:11:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Julie in Chicago Umm. Wait. I don't understand. Is this intentionally supposed to be funny? No, right? Since the police union is selling them it must be non-ironic?

But, I don't understand how this could be non-ironic. Somebody help me out here...

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162185 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:20:26 -0800 Comment by angelika i think they are meant to be funny. but they totally arent. which makes it kind of funny... But not really!

]]> angelika http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162221 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:27:24 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed The shirt being sold is meant to celebrate the police response to the "recreate 68" protests (the symbol on the cop's hat is a 68) and benefits the police union in Denver.

It's surprising that Brendan wants to support police brutality like that, or maybe he just didn't bother to look into the actual story behind those shirts.

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162243 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162243 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:32:11 -0800 Comment by Hernandez I think it's meant to be funny, but instead just makes every Denver policeman look like a baby-dicked bully, which they all very well might be...

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162249 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162249 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:32:26 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley No, I get it, I just want one. They're double-backflip funny, in a tragic way. (And I don't think giving $10 to the policeman's mutual-aid society constitutes "supporting police brutality.")

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162268 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162268 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:36:09 -0800 Comment by inkweary They are funny in the way bullies find humor in beating someone smaller. They may be in aid of a mutual-aid society but those cops will take each and every sale as an endorsement of their actions.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162287 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:41:02 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed I understand, Brendan, brutality is funny when it's not happening to you.

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162317 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162317 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:48:16 -0800 Comment by Julie in Chicago Oh. I get it now. The cops intentionally made the "beat the crowds" reference. I was confused because I was thinking that this was either (1) an ironic shirt made by people who disagreed with the police or (2) unintentional wording by the police union.

But, I didn't consider that the police would find beating protesters to be funny and would intentionally design a shirt that said so.

Odd that now that I get the joke, I am not laughing.

]]> Julie in Chicago http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162326 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:50:29 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley As a guy who suffered at the hands of aggressive riot cops at the RNC—and saw the comedy in it—I think I've got a little leeway on this subject.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162333 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162333 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:54:14 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed So... if the St. Paul police union made a shirt that said "We get up early to BEAT the press" you'd encourage people buy those too? Knowing full well that each shirt sold only validates that attitude towards brutality on the part of the police who printed it?

Interesting.

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162344 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162344 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:58:14 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley I'd DEFINITELY buy that shirt, unwelcomed. And I'd pay extra to have the police chief sign it.

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162434 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:10:08 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed No accounting for masochism I guess.

Just a side note, the police union selling the shirts ran out and had to order more because there was so much demand... so I guess there are plenty of people who think like you do, Brendan.

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162486 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162486 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:18:54 -0800 Comment by Vince What happened to "Serve and Protect"? I guess the taxpayers get taken for granted after awhile.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162577 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162577 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:38:51 -0800 Comment by max solomon you think that's funny? just wait till you see the post-martial law t-shirts!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162620 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:47:49 -0800 Comment by Jimmy Two Times These shirts are one of the many reasons a smile crosses my face when I hear a police officer has "fallen" in the line of "duty".

]]> Jimmy Two Times http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162633 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:50:07 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave Unions in action!

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162656 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:55:58 -0800 Comment by DOUG. God, I hate cops...

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162707 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162707 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:09:57 -0800 Comment by David Brendan (@9),
"Saw the comedy in it" -- you mean that part of your piece was intended to be funny? Wow. I assumed the weird, indifferent tone was because you were slightly in shock. Perhaps your desire for this shirt is a Stockholm Syndrome thing.

]]> David http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162863 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1162863 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:56:44 -0800 Comment by james silla brendan, this shit is fucking BRUTALLY hilarious. consider your stocking STUFFED.

]]> james silla http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1163053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/on_my_christmas_list#c1163053 2008 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:11:09 -0800