Exactly, Jamaal Bowman is much more connected with the base (Reply #21)

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Thu Dec 3, 2020, 01:18 PM

radius777 (3,406 posts)

21. Exactly, Jamaal Bowman is much more connected with the base

than Obama currently is. 'Reform the police' is weak sauce that the cops just laugh at.

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Personally I prefer 'Remake the police' or 'Reimagine the police' because that is what needs to be done.

But make no mistake, as Bowman stated, this is not about some slogan but allowing us to be controlled by RW framing, instead of fighting back. Kaepernick kneeled silently and respectfully yet was demonized because White America pedestalizes the police and views blacks and browns as 'ungrateful'. That's the core problem and until that is addressed nothing will change.

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
CNN: Obama cautions activists against using 'defund the police' slogan [View all]	Algernon Moncrieff	Dec 2020	OP
Again and again.	empedocles	Dec 2020	#1
There was a thread on this a couple of days ago.	brush	Dec 2020	#2
Disarm and drug test the police	Blues Heron	Dec 2020	#3
Disarm the police	Loki Liesmith	Dec 2020	#5
It's not a slogan, it's real	Blues Heron	Dec 2020	#7
You believe the majority believe that the police should be disarmed, and that would be a winning	still_one	Dec 2020	#11
They have a lot less people with firearms.	tymorial	Dec 2020	#14
Exactly - when necessary	Blues Heron	Dec 2020	#25
They also have MI-5 and can call in the SAS and other military units as needed.	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#29
They have less guns.	tymorial	Dec 2020	#40
You missed the point that their citizenry have far far less guns	tymorial	Dec 2020	#39
You are selling a product Americans won't buy	Loki Liesmith	Dec 2020	#17
It's just a post dude, not selling anything	Blues Heron	Dec 2020	#26
The police in Northern Ireland are armed. We're more like Northern Ireland in social disorder.	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#23
not even close.	Blues Heron	Dec 2020	#27
Domestic groups that hate each other, organized crime, youth gangs, international terrorists?	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#28
Not at all	Blues Heron	Dec 2020	#35
The UK doesn't have 400 million guns in circulation among its population.	BannonsLiver	Dec 2020	#44
No kidding. This really isn't rocket science	still_one	Dec 2020	#8
This message was self-deleted by its author	still_one	Dec 2020	#9
They were talking about this on The View yesterday	Rorey	Dec 2020	#4
Yep. It's that and more.	tymorial	Dec 2020	#16
Very well said	Rorey	Dec 2020	#18
Both matter - some really are saying take all the money away from the police	Ms. Toad	Dec 2020	#22
You're right, of course	Rorey	Dec 2020	#38
He's right.	TheCowsCameHome	Dec 2020	#6
To quote Rep.-elect Jamaal Bowman, "The problem is America's comfort with Black death --	WhiskeyGrinder	Dec 2020	#10
Doesn't matter what the problem is	Loki Liesmith	Dec 2020	#19
Exactly, Jamaal Bowman is much more connected with the base	radius777	Dec 2020	#21
I don't get why anyone can possibly believe "defund the police" doesn't scare the shit...	brush	Dec 2020	#30
Cops are greedy right-wingers who just want to get paid.	radius777	Dec 2020	#34
Pls don't paint the whole BLM movement as favoring that dumb ass slogan.	brush	Dec 2020	#37
I think...	Mike Nelson	Dec 2020	#12
"Re-fund the police!" - Yes! NT	Rorey	Dec 2020	#20
"Re-fund the police" is good. Just the difference of one letter makes a huge improvement.	brush	Dec 2020	#31
The first time I heard that I said "here we go again with another sure	demosincebirth	Dec 2020	#13
I don't think we should stop paying police officers.	cbdo2007	Dec 2020	#15
It's not hard. Without police, neighborhood vigilante groups will form and work for free.	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#24
Do you really think that would work long-term, anything longer than a weather emergency?	brush	Dec 2020	#32
What specifically leads you to believe...	LanternWaste	Dec 2020	#41
They wouldn't necessarily be less racist. The KKK is an example of a volunteer order enforcing group	Klaralven	Dec 2020	#42
I could see assholes from the RIGHT WING side join the protesters doing this.	bluestarone	Dec 2020	#33
How about "Burn this shit down and start all over again" because police funding as it is now	Cuthbert Allgood	Dec 2020	#36
Any slogan you have to explain and qualify...	Happy Hoosier	Dec 2020	#43

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