well, i think they do… police means a particular thing in the U.S.… but, yeah, it's tricky. reform the police would be fine, except that's failed time and time again.
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I find the defenses of the term "refund the police" unconvincing. People have to explain what it means, i.e., not the actual meaning of the word "defund." This is a slogan. A good slogan should bring people in, and almost compel then to agree. Remember the"death tax"?
And maybe Jacob Frey wouldn't agree to the *term* because he knows it's unpopular, and using that term will be counterproductive to doing what actually needs to be done... Where, by the way, he agrees with the protesters to a very great degree.
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isn’t that the script to successful protest though? you can’t protest for the compromise position
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Jesus Christ, it's not the position, it's the word used as a slogan. The position is good! We're not arguing about the substance, we're arguing about the utility of"defund the police" as marketing slogan.
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