Joe Fan
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"Defund the Police" is a fraudulent proposal driven by a fraudulent narrative. The proposal is fraudulent, because in most of these situations, nobody is truly defunding anything. The narrative is fraudulent, because it assumes without evidence that police are murdering black people in large numbers and that George Floyd's killer is common and typical. All of that is not only false but wildly so.
If we want to boost social services in some areas, I'm open to that. However, far too many on the Left any guys like you think that social spending can substitute for personal character and responsibility. You're pitching Great Society/Kerner Commission rhetoric. It was wrong then, and it's wrong now. Furthermore, it's deadly. The last time we tried this "hug a thug" approach, we saw a massive spike in violent crime that took decades to get under control, and it got under control the way crime has always been brought under control - with a bigger and stronger police force.
Like idiots, we're repeating history, and the violent crime spike is starting again, and far more black people are being killed now. You all don't give a crap about them because their deaths don't present a virtue signaling opportunity for you, but the people are just as dead.
I think a lot of this nonsensical rhetoric will magically disappear once we get past the election. That is the usual pattern.
So will the coronavirus fearporn. I think if Biden wins, it will disappear in one day.