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In reply to the discussion: Just saw Kamau Bell on CNN still defending the phrase "defund the police". [View all]hurl
(938 posts)Those can be the same thing. IMO, this slogan in Texas and other GOP-dominated states is itself bad campaigning... Good campaigning involves reading the room, and that is exactly where this slogan falls on its face in Texas, where law enforcement has an undeserved protected status free from serious criticism. It doesn't matter how reasonable the DTP argument is. Reason is not a dominating factor here, so our campaigning has to take this into account if it is to be effective.
A similar example: 'Gun safety' is better phraseology than 'gun control' in Texas. A campaign that uses 'gun control' in its advertising is unlikely to get traction in Texas, while 'gun safety' has a better chance of not being rejected out of hand. It's the same situation. Bad slogans ARE bad campaigning.
We have to take the electorate we are dealt and adapt accordingly.