Bravo. Bravo!
In the Dirty Harry movie Magnum Force, a group of vigilante cops unsuccessfully try to recruit Harry.
Officer Red Astrachan: Do you have any idea how hard it is prosecute a cop?
Harry Callahan: You heroes have killed a dozen people. What are you gonna do next week?
Officer Davis: Kill a dozen more.
Harry Callahan: Is that what you guys are about? Being heroes?
Officer Red Astrachan: All our heroes are dead.
Officer Davis: We’re the first generation that’s learned to fight. We’re simply ridding society of killers that would have been caught and sentenced if our courts worked properly. We began with the criminals that the people knew so that our actions would be understood. It’s not just a question of whether or not to use violence, there’s simply no other way, Inspector. You of all people... should understand that.
Grimes: Either you’re with us or you’re against us.
Harry Callahan: I’m afraid you’ve misjudged me.
Later, Harry is held at gunpoint by his boss, Lt. Briggs, who is the ringmaster of the vigilante cops. Here, Harry likely reflects the sentiment of MANY people in America - and certainly NOT that of Mr. Durán and his lot:
Lieutenant Briggs: You’re a good cop, Harry. You had a chance to join my team, but you decided to stick with the system.
Harry Callahan: Briggs, I hate the (Lord’s name taken in vain) system! But until someone comes along with changes that make sense, I’ll stick with it.
I am not joining the socialists, communists, Antifa, KKK, fascists, and any other movement that destroys morality “just for a little while, until we can fix this thing”.
Like this guy: https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/20/we-need-to-stop-calling-ourselves-conservatives/
“Put bluntly, if conservatives want to save the country they are going to have to rebuild and in a sense re-found it, and that means getting used to the idea of wielding power, not despising it. …To those who worry that power corrupts, and that once the right seizes power it too will be corrupted, they certainly have a point. If conservatives manage to save the country and rebuild our institutions, will they ever relinquish power and go the way of Cincinnatus? It is a fair question, and we should attend to it with care after we have won the war. “
After? Sorry dude….you sound a lot like Pol Pot.
“A good man’s got to know his limitations”.