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"defund the police" is a string of letters, or if shouted repeatedly, sounds. It doesn't come with a pamphlet. Meaning is established inside the minds of those
by samatman 6y ago
"defund the police" is a string of letters, or if shouted repeatedly, sounds.
It doesn't come with a pamphlet. Meaning is established inside the minds of those who see / hear it.
If that meaning is consistently at odds with the intention, the fault lies with the sloganeer.
- lambda_obrien 6y agoNo, the fault lies with the ignorant people mischaracterizing the phrase. "Reduce police funding by a large amount, but not too large, let's face it, we need at least a few cops!" isn't as catchy for protesting. The only people who think "defund the police" means anarchy are the "braindead" ones, because they didn't even do a tiny bit of research.