> Ugh, what rhetoric. I agree. You seem to think that the police function should be re-examined and adjusted and you seem to be OK using the short hand of "def

> Ugh, what rhetoric. I agree. You seem to think that the police function should be re-examined and adjusted and you seem to be OK using the short hand of "defund the police" to communicate that. Unfortunately there are other folks who think that "defund the police" really does mean to zero out the budget of the police and there are all sorts of positions in between those two. So I would assert that as a means to communicate clearly, "defund the police" fails miserably. It is terrible rhetoric that just sows confusion and promotes division.