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Literally an HN commenter a few comments up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30014287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30014287 and the NYT running pi
by reducesuffering 5y ago
Literally an HN commenter a few comments up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30014287 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30014287
and the NYT running pieces like: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abol...
People need to stop with this gaslighting "No one ever meant abolish, it was always about lessening funding." It's not true and only hurts your cause when you don't acknowledge there are actual significant views more radical than your leanings.
- sschueller 5y agoOK but you can not remove/abolish something before you show/prove/build an alternative to take it's place.
- mschuster91 5y agoOf course you can. With the despicable state some police departments are in, completely disbanding them without replacement would be the better alternative.