Re:What It's Like to Work on Cold Cases
by munificent on Monday August 26, 2024 @04:23PM
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"Demilitarize the police" would certainly have been a better slogan than "defund the police".
It was more accurate. I've heard that around the same time defund was going around...
But humans don't select catch-phases and sound-bites by their truth value...
Sticky truths: that's what we need.
Re:What It's Like to Work on Cold Cases
by rufus_foreman on Monday August 26, 2024 @08:49PM
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>> Remove funding for the police to gather used and new military gear to use against the populace
That's not what I remember. I remember calls in the most highly regarded news media to literally abolish the police.
Do you remember those?
I remember what the media was saying was different from what the leftists were saying. I remember the twisting of the most offensive viral take to garner views for the news outlets, sure...
Do you believe everything you see on TV?
Remove funding for the police to gather used and new military gear to use against the populace, while much more accurate - isn't as sticky...
Sticky thoughts win over accurate ones. Truth needs a proper wrapping now a-days to even get looked at.
How about this for a new phase:
"pay for: effective Detectives; not toys."
OR:
"detectives solves cases: military toys melt faces."