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A motto you have to explain is a bad motto. To a police officer "Defund the police" sounds a lot like "unemployment".
by legostormtroopr 5y ago
A motto you have to explain is a bad motto.
To a police officer "Defund the police" sounds a lot like "unemployment".
- okamiueru 5y agoI think it is mostly hindered by an unwillingness to listen and/or understand, and not that it requires explanation (which, in of itself isn't necessarily a bad thing... explaining things to people seems par for the course when misinformation is high). If I'm well aware what it means by just following international news, while also not having the affected profession, and living on the other side of the world... you would think the onus should fall sliiiightly on the people directly involved for not understanding the motto, rather than it being a bad or convoluted one. The inspection required to understand it also doesn't do a whole lot of leaps either. "Defund the police!". "What, like completely?", "Nah, that would be insane. Just the part where they need to deal with shit they shouldn't be dealing with". "Ah, ok.". That said, I'm sure there are some who mean "fully". Probably a smaller percentage of people meaning it than people assuming others mean it.