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people keep telling activists to stop saying "defund the police" b/c it (supposedly) hurts Ds electorally as if the people saying "defund the police" care about Ds, particularly moderate Ds, electoral success and it's going to be the thing that finally pushes me over the edge
these activists have -- correctly -- IDd that when the chips are down most Ds will choose white comfort and political power over their lives. blaming their movement for their electoral losses only confirming that read.
"defund" is a perfect scapegoat b/c the people pushing it are outside the party power structure so you can blame them and not change anything about your own behavior and strategy
when you're never responsible, you can never lose. I would humbly recommend accepting that you're unlikely to have control over people who have never claimed to share your goals and start figuring out how to do better with the tools you DO have.
