One thing to remember. If they were to disband the police, I will be left unattended.
On Tue, Jun 16, 2020, 7:32 AM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > They'll say, "no no no, we don't mean to take away all the police, what we > mean is...." > > But if your slogan takes 3 paragraphs to explain then it's a stupid slogan. > > > On 6/15/2020 8:37 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > For many people, that seems to mean stop funding the police to deal with > issues like mental health, homelessness, domestic disputes, street vendors, > routine discipline in schools, etc., and instead use that money to fund > specialists, and let the police handle murders and robberies and stuff. > > > > I had a discussion with someone who is all for defund the police and I > said if that’s what they mean, the term really sucks, because it conveys > something totally different and many people are not going to support > something that sounds like disband the police and then nobody handles > murders and robberies. Rather than saying reform the police, or narrow > their focus, or move some of their responsibilities to other agencies. But > he said I was wrong, without really explaining why I was wrong. I think he > meant we can call it what we want to, who cares if it’s unnecessarily > provocative. Or maybe he really does want to disband the police. > > > > > > *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf > Of *justsumname . > *Sent:* Monday, June 15, 2020 6:14 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT: batcrazy > > > > is it just the 'news' that I'm reading or are things really going totally > bathshitcrazy ?!? "de-fund the police" .... is just ONE thing. > > > > --- > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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