I do not know the origin of 'Defund the Police' - but it is a Loser.

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37. first of all....

..... you need to stop skewing my words to fit your narrative. I never said the phrase was born from some right-wing conspiracy to bring down the Democratic Party. What I said was, and I can't believe I'm having to explain this, is that the person who came up with the slogan did not think about how it would be used by the right-wing against Democrats politically.

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"It was not come up with to sink the Democratic Party. It's just that the Trump campaign has latched onto it."

That's pretty much exactly what I said. I never said it was come up with to sink the Democratic Party. It was simply not well thought out. I think it's time more people focused more on the substance of the fight we are in, and less on skewing and taking out of context the words of others in order to build a false sense of credibility among fellow Democrats.

I stand by the words of my original post that the slogan "Defund The Police" should never have been spoken much less displayed on a sign, and I don't give a rat's ass who first came up with it because it is irrelevant.


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"Unfortunately, like all three-word slogans, it's easy to put a negative spin on it."

This is the one thing I do agree with because that's exactly what the right-wing did.

Just remember, I devote a lot of thought to any statement I post. I am not prone to shooting from the hip, and I always make sure I am ready to defend what I write before I post it.

On edit:
This is one hell of a wishy-washy thread. On the one hand you have people like yourself stating the slogan was not come up with to hurt the Democratic Party. Simple logic tells me you don't believe it was born from the right wing, otherwise it would have been created for just that purpose, to hurt the Democratic Party.
On the other hand, you have people in this thread who are convinced it actually was born from the right wing, and is being used against the Democratic Party. So I ask, which one is it?