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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Dec 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted John Ganz

    A crucial point.https://twitter.com/lionel_trolling/status/1335948715945832449 …

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    John Ganz @lionel_trolling
    I don't think the problem is primarily the slogan "defund the police," the main problem is the entrenched political power of cops, the various strategies and tactics, and their success and failure, have to be understood in that context
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      1. Thumper‏ @ThumperNYC 7 Dec 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        the two are not mutually exclusive

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      1. CAPITOLHILLPB‏ @CAPITOLHILLPB 7 Dec 2020
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        Here in the U.S., I wanted to get the slogan “Defund Education” going, but it turns no one was interested because we do it every year. Works for all public services.

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      1. Well, actually‏ @bethro66 7 Dec 2020
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        All the points in that discussion are true, but “defund the police” is far too easy to attack. It has specific meaning and is vague at the same time. Defund police brutality. Defund police immunity. It needs to get at the heart of the problem.

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      2. OHSportsgirl‏ @OHSportsGirl 7 Dec 2020
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        Nah, slogans are very powerful. Lots of public servant groups have significant political power. The far-left kept pushing 'defund the police' even as moderates told them how damaging it would be. It wasn't even popular in the black community that's how awful a slogan it was.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 7 Dec 2020
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        You should think about what you just wrote.

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      1. Show Your Work‏ @showusyourwork 7 Dec 2020
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        It's the impunityhttps://twitter.com/showusyourwork/status/1335946155134488578 …

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        Show Your Work @showusyourwork
        I keep saying, the quickest way to defund the police would be to make misconduct settlements come out of the police budget rather than the rest of the municipal budget. Just make cops foot the bill for their own misconduct. https://twitter.com/billybinion/status/1335700688169435137 …
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