A slogan is not a position

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  • GrammarPolice@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlTrash
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    7 days ago

    This is kinda the problem with this reasoning though. You’d have to admit the police do more good than harm by maintaining some form of societal order and occasional brutality is only some consequence of it.

    I’d prefer to live in a world with bastards that maintain order than none at all.




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    8 days ago

    Fair enough. I guess my overarching point is that making generalizing statements like “all cops are racist” or “the victims of cops can’t stop being black” are harmful to the discussion considering there are also non-black victims of police brutality.

    I feel it’s better to say that there’s an issue with racism within the police force that needs a solution (which is one of the main points of BLM) rather than resorting to lazy slogans like ACAB that do nothing to further the discussion. The very definition of slacktivism