"Flatten the curve" is maybe the most successful slogan of the last 10 years and conveys a relatively complicated idea! The difference is that the media helped explain and operationalize its underlying message. With "Defund the police" the media did the opposite.
"Medicare for all" also requires explanation! So does "I like Ike" and "Black Lives Matter" and "Think globally, act locally" and every other political slogan ever
Yeah everyone said “defund the police” was a bad slogan but I think it was a fine slogan, this country simple loves cops too much and hated the underlying idea, attacking the concept every way they could.
Do you not see the absurdity of this statement? If the country “loves cops” a phrase that just says “defund the police” is obviously political suicide. How is this not obvious?
Apr 27, 2025 16:53I might ask “is this discussion worth having?” If police are killing people constantly and a growing contingent of the population has serious concerns, we must create some slogan or label for the topic of conversation. How this plays in politics is another question.
Ok, but if you actually want to achieve your goals and not just have some ethereal expression of feeling, then the politics *do* matter.
Because some of us push for things based on principle rather than popularity, Bradley. The police need to go. Liberals continually sucking cop dick have helped to BUILD the fascist infrastructure we're all facing today.
You can push for whatever the fuck you want. If you continue to live in a democracy you must convince other people that what you are pushing for is good or else you will continue to scream endlessly into a void.
