Quote from: Julia1996 on January 12, 2018, 10:09:24 AM
That's not only untrue it's offensive!  Saying all cops have low IQs makes as much sense as saying all trans people are perverts and child molesters. My dad is not stupid. The military is picky about recruits.  If my dad was an idiot the military wouldn't have allowed him to enlist. The only truly stupid thing my dad has done is risking his life everyday for ungrateful people who hate him for doing it.

  Hi Julia,

    I think you read into Trudy's post some things that she was not saying. First of all she did not say, "all cops have low IQs" What she said was, "I've read that police try to hire people that don't have high IQs too." and cited a case in Connecticut about it. She also cited other information about a program that had been tried where the opposite was done. "Conversely, in the late 30's, the nypd had a program where they hire a percentage of recruits that had higher than 130 IQ " So All Trudy did was supply information about both sides. She did not herself take either side in the information she posted. She also stated at the end, "So, the PDs know what they want and why and it has consequences." The information she cited just indicates that the police have tried different things in the past and know pretty much what they want from their recruits.
   I think your Dad is a wonderful person and it is likely Trudy does too. She did not do as you thought.

Hugs,
   Laurie
 

Quote from: Julia1996 on January 12, 2018, 10:09:24 AM
That's not only untrue it's offensive!  Saying all cops have low IQs makes as much sense as saying all trans people are perverts and child molesters. My dad is not stupid. The military is picky about recruits.  If my dad was an idiot the military wouldn't have allowed him to enlist. The only truly stupid thing my dad has done is risking his life everyday for ungrateful people who hate him for doing it.

Julia, sweetie, you are just adorable. Please don't take this the wrong way, but you're a real daddy's girl - in all the best ways. Your dad is and sounds amazing, and you have a real bond with him!

(Hugs)

Rowan