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Defund the police is like abolish ice. Slogans that warm the cockles of woke liberals, but that do not support the policy positions of the overwhelmi

Posted by JackDawson (aka dawson) Jun 9 '20, 07:51

ng majority of americans, and that are easy targets of conservative fearmongering

they end up helping no one with the good intention of helping many

it's bad marketing and bad politics, regardless of whether it's good policy.

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While energized fear on the Right, it also taps into the Left -- nm - budice Jun 9, 08:07
Well said. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Jun 9, 08:01 1
- If you're into miniscule, inconsequential problems maybe. Because at what point does this complaint turn into "you go tell that angry crowd they can't -- (edited) - con_carne Jun 9, 08:05
A substantial proportion of liberals mean it literally, and another substantial proportion are trying to explain why it doesn’t mean what it says. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 07:58 2
- which is how you know a slogan is a bad one to start -- nm - JackDawson Jun 9, 08:00 1
  - Well, not to the ones who came up with it. -- nm - mafic Jun 9, 08:04
Ideal worlds are fun to talk about. - Spawn Jun 9, 07:57

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