Even claiming to defund a police department is something that by definition alone, alarms me.  Proponents of defunding any police department must be playing a game of semantics.

“Reform” police departments are words that liberals and conservatives can come together on and find compromise.

I dont want to fund racist that's  killing my people either.They would have to  prove that they can clean up police units around  the country , ridding  them of kkk,Trump worshipping Cock sucking cops.

The Dims just can't seem to help themselves, I will admit it really looked like they had Trump on the rocks over the last couple of days, they managed to take a murder by one white cop that might even turn out not to be about race at all and make it all about Trump. As far as a great political move, dishonest as it was, I will still tip my cap for how effective it was.  

If Biden is forced to pick between Defund or Reform, one would assume he’s got to go with Reform.  And I think the Democrats fear is that will hurt with voter turnout on the far left, which was an issue in 2016.  I see the Biden campaign trying hard to steer the conversation back to Covid. The question is whether the left wing of the party will let him do that.

Not after the loony left has been out in the streets by the thousands after telling everyone else that it's too dangerous to even go out for a haircut.  

...how did something SO retarded that even Laffy thinks is stupid, manage to make it to mainstream liberal Democratic circles SO fast????

I hope every police officer in San Fran. LA, NYC, Denver, Seattle, Portland and any other Democrat run city goes on strike or resigns in the morning. Let America see what the far left can do to destroy their city. They voted for that crap now pay the price ! And CNN ad MSNBC, CBS,NBC,ABC see what they helped cause with the lies they spread.

"Defund the police" is a slogan that no one can support at it's face meaning.  That's how it has been engineered.  It gives everyone cover, since they can "wokesplain" it to you, and then blather about whatever they think it means.  If you object, you are racist.  If you are silent, you are racist.   No two liberals have to agree on the same meaning, but they are virtuous for advocating it.  Virtue signaling is the most important goal -- as well as silencing the non-virtuous.

I agree it is retarded. Laffy, We need a two party system in America. But the far left has been high jacking the DNC for years. We can both agree that Washington needs to be cleaned up. And the GOP was high jacked and we need to get rid of the establishment republicans like Romney need to go , and America got rid of Bush family in the last election with Jeb.  We have to many still in office and need them gone. You might not like it but that is why Trump was elected.  

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deserve more consideration.  Of course the label and packaging are important as is PR for any effort as significant as this.

that you were not all about partisan politics.  Care to elaborate exactly what you mean?  All about COVID?

cleaner if we simply "dumped Trump."

my post?  I'm not feeling it.  Care to translate into nonpartisan, non-hidden agenda, language?

a mild dose of objectivity.  Are you even remotely capable of that?

without any idea what this would even involve, is par for the course.  That is why most of Trump's followers lack a college education, they simply do not know any better.

proving any of this makes sense, lies with those who are suggesting it.  Let's see how this plays out.  If it is sheer stupidity, all of us, united as Americans will stand against it.

of thinking on his feet and had a mental lapse there for a moment, or he is totally stupid.  "A place of privilege?"  That was one stupid statement.

But some of the people in the streets getting air time from the media are indeed calling for the complete dismantling of entire police departments. Let's see if the actual proposals from the people with the power to make actually enact the changes are more in touch with reality that a few loud mouths who managed to grab a microphone for five minutes or so.

This is what the Minneapolis City Council President said from the CNN link I put up yesterday:

but "defunding"? Stupid idea and idiotic choice of words. Even Minneapolis' use of the term "dismantling" the PD sits ill with me.  

I’m not for abolishing law enforcement.  I am for social and community based reforms that obviate the need for police departments to be quasi military forces.  That is more budget rebalancing than out and our defunding and that is exactly what LA s Mayor and others are talking about.  When you can’t tell a cop car from a tank, there’s a problem in this country.  When the cops are issued Sub machine guns as their standard patrol car weapons, there is a problem.  

way over Jack's head.  He has no idea how to process anything even remotely, resembling, thought-provoking dialogue.

the streets" are doing anything more than, expressing their frustration and getting their 5 minutes of fame.  They are after all, human.