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No, absolutely not. BLM was also misconstrued when it was introduced but you don't compromise your message. Stick with it. Now BLM is far more accepted and we haven't given an inch.
Like I said I'm down. I'm not attached to the phrasing I just want politicians to use whatever dog whistles they can to communicate to me that they support the idea in itself. I'm still waiting on this.
Yup, a black man saying that is a death sentence for whatever cause they wish to champion. And the NAACP simply can't say it without major consequences. That is why we must say it so we can act like a shield for their work.
It's the whole "Everyone else is wrong and I'm right!" approach that fails so often.
The movement can stick with it. But for politicians, different phrasing is the best way to keep soft support on their side AND get things done.
I think you missed my point. Let my restate. Politicians can adopt the ideas of Defunding the Police with out invoking that exact phrasing. Except what they're doing is saying they don't support the IDEA being communicated by the phrase and were left here hand wringing over whether or not the phrasing is electorally viable to use. The phrase isn't the problem. They can use what ever phrase they want as long as the ideas are adopted. They're politicians it's their job and literal expertise to do this kinda shit. Except that's not happening at all. Nothing is being offered and it's not for a lack of phrasing
Protesters can say whatever they want. I'm referring to people who get pissed off that politicians are not parroting their misguided slogan.
I guess call me Nobody then, because I sure as hell know what it means.
Yeah but the damage is already done on that front. Trying to force a new slogan down everyone's throat isn't going to stop Trump from tweeting "BIDEN WANTS TO DEFUND AND ABOLISH ALL POLICE!!!"
Slavery did have a benefit for slaves masters and other stakeholder in that society. That's why it lasted generations and took a war to end.
Would it shock you to learn that the bolded was disputed at one point in time?
I agree that we need an institution in society that solves crimes and cases as well as some form of community security. The current police isn't that. In fact they are spectacularly bad at the aforementioned things
Probably what Joe Biden said yesterday about how police unions really want to reform themselves and should be given more money to do that (i.e. this money will be magically spent to ensure cops can remain local to the people they police instead of on bribes and military equipment).
This poster gets it.
But the movement is not for reforms. Reforms don't work. People want defunding.
How effective can it be when people within the same party can't agree on what it means? Never a good sign.
That's fine. People can say what they want to push forward an agenda in whatever way they feel is most effective.
John Oliver succinctly stating what defund the police means it's really not that hard.
