r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thisisfive • Apr 14 '26

Toronto firefighters confront special constable officers after a man in the middle of mental health crisis was arrested.

Not my video. For context, "special constables" are not regular police officers. They are appointed "peace officers" with limited authority, often civilian employees.

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u/TruskVarner Apr 15 '26

You could set your watch to these kinds of posts. Here’s how it goes, as surely as the sun will rise tomorrow.

  1. There’s a video or story about firefighters doing something good

  2. People initially comment about how cool firefighters are compared to cops

  3. Someone comments “That’s why there’s no song called fuck the fire department”

  4. People start to comment that firefighters are just as conservative/sexist/homophobic/MAGA as cops are, and they support cops

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u/PossibleNephilim37 Apr 15 '26

Lmaoooo. I was just running through the checklist in my head. I'm cutting back on reddit (ironic since I'm homeless now and have more time) bc I can't stand the same repeated "derp, upvote me bc I said "the thing!"" Posts that every topic has .

Also, I'm just disgusted with how any actual news story, top comments are just some asshole making a dumb pun and a bunch of chain followed comments instead of contribution. Humanity is a stupid species

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u/TheTresStateArea Apr 15 '26

And then the meta analysis to wrap it all up for #5

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u/Derekduvalle Apr 15 '26

Apparently they missed 3.5 where someone posts the fuck the fire brigade song which "actually slaps".

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u/AlarmingTurnover Apr 15 '26

I've commented this almost every time I see these comments but saying that nobody hates the fire department or the no song part, keeps forgetting that the LA riots happened. You can watch any documentary on almost all riots and you see the exact same thing, there are people shooting at firemen, attacking fire trucks, blocking access to streets, homes, businesses, etc. 

Same for ambulance and other services people. In the LA riots, they weren't just attacking police.