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In response to "Reform and Defund have the same number of letters." by Will Hunting

Too ambiguous, as reform can and will be interpreted to mean any number of things

Posted by znufrii, silly old man (aka znufrii) Jun 9 '20, 07:14

many of which are completely ineffective and serve only to give the illusion of change while continuing to empower entrenched stakeholders.

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Whereas defund has a meaning at odds with the stated goal which is to reform policing. - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:16 8
- It's only at odds if you insist on the most absolute and obtusely literal interpretation of it. -- (edited) - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:19 7
  - Anytime you need to explain a slogan, ad executives get boners. FFS, man. - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:21 6
    - And we've decided that "take away funds" means "take away ALL funds"....why? -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:22 5
      - Too ambiguous, as “take away some money” can and will be interpreted to mean any number of things - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:26 3
        
        Which is why no one is suggesting that budgets simply be cut indiscriminately. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 9, 07:30 2
        
        So, we are back to you agreeing that this is a complex issue with limited use for mislabeled hashtags. Good. Now go reform the police - Will Hunting Jun 9, 07:36 1
        
        *rearranges deck chairs* - Titanic deck crew Jun 9, 07:46
      - It's really simple - if you have to explain it over and over and over - it's a weak slogan. Period. If the other side can rally around YOUR slogan - John Murphy Jun 9, 07:26

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