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In reply to the discussion: re-the use of defund. [View all]Evergreen Emerald
(13,070 posts)5. Throw the baby out with the bath water
When I hear the term "defund police" I think of the phrase throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Defund to me means end police departments. No more police. And I think of my neighbor who was assaulted by her husband, and saved by the police. I think of the person shot in the street and medical aid could not come without police escorts--and there were none. I think of the business who had an active shooter and the police came in and saved hundreds of lives.
I understand the harm that some police officers have done. And that the systematic--and individual--racism has to end.
But, I do not understand "defund the police."
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Then we want a refund. Or we want to refund the allocation. Anything but defund.
boston bean
Jun 2020
#50
Well, you don't like it. Are you a bad person for thinking it is not the right slogan?
boston bean
Jun 2020
#59
OK, everyone who yells at me when I say we Democrats need to work on our messaging, I repeat:
Squinch
Jun 2020
#10
You first. Because "defund" is certainly not that word. "Defund" is a word you use when you
Squinch
Jun 2020
#16
Benghazi is a word that keeps people's attention too. So what? Are you going to work that
Squinch
Jun 2020
#22
Really? I'm trying to have a conversation and you have nothing but this childishness.
Squinch
Jun 2020
#28
Defund is a bad word choice. No Democrat elected should use this term. We want to win in
Demsrule86
Jun 2020
#43