The bastard one is a little more evocative, but:

1. I know I’m not / wasn’t one by any reasonable definition of “bastard”

2. I know it comes from a misguided place of anger so it doesn’t bother me a whole lot anyway

I end up just feeling… sad for the effect it has on driving decent people away from law enforcement, which of course raises the % of Bastards overall.

You can read about what happened to me here: https://lemmy.world/post/43267939