9th June 2020, 5:33 AM
"De-fund the police" isn't a very good slogan to adopt. It implies that cities want to totally scrap the police force, without saying anything about replacing them. De-fund the police could mean a lot of things. How much money do we take away? Where do we divert the funds? There's a conversation to be putting less money into police and more into community programs to help target poverty, from which crime inevitably springs. De-fund the police is simplistic and extreme, and gives ammunition to republicans to say that democrats/liberals want nothing but anarchy and lawlessness.
Modern day Republican voters will eat this up like they do all ridiculous talking points, like post-birth abortions, so that's immaterial. But there are a lot of centrist voters that will be turned off by this. I know governing isn't all about PR (though it seems that way sometimes), but we need to take a more measured approach.
God, that sounds like so much mealy-mouthed Democrat white noise. But in this case, that slogan takes things too far. I know coming up with slogans and hashtags doesn't leave much room for nuance, but surely we can do better than this?
Modern day Republican voters will eat this up like they do all ridiculous talking points, like post-birth abortions, so that's immaterial. But there are a lot of centrist voters that will be turned off by this. I know governing isn't all about PR (though it seems that way sometimes), but we need to take a more measured approach.
God, that sounds like so much mealy-mouthed Democrat white noise. But in this case, that slogan takes things too far. I know coming up with slogans and hashtags doesn't leave much room for nuance, but surely we can do better than this?