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Re:France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phon... by Emma_Goldman on Thursday July 06, 2023 @11:08AM (#36617183)
I don't think that's true at all, most people I've come across use it in an off-handed way to express solidarity with victims of police violence, or their general distaste for racialised and/or militarised policing. Full-fledged abolitionism is rare.
Re:France passes bill to allow police remotely activate phon... by pessimizer on Thursday July 06, 2023 @11:45AM (#36617802)
They really say it because they hung around in left-wing spaces for a few months in 2016, and it's vaguely anti-authoritarian. It's the same place they got "tankie" from, although they think it has something to do with Tienanmen Square.