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human
CMV: liberals/progressives use and promote ineffective slogans (BLM, defund the police, etc)

disclaimer: i'm generally a political conservative, sympathetic to many progressive issues, and vehemently anti-trump

in this highly polarized environment people across the country have been motivated to go out and protest, raise awareness of issues, and fight for what they believe in -- i think that's all great. 

however, towards that end, many progressive and liberal people have promoted the use of slogans that imo are ineffective at best and counterproductive at worst. 

messaging is important. the point of a slogan is to get across an idea in a short/catchy way that can be spread quickly and easily. but if the effect is mis-interpretation by people who hear it to the point where they don't agree, it's not a good slogan. if it requires extra explanation to really understand the idea, it's not a good slogan. 

let's take defund the police. from my understanding, most ppl who say this mean redirecting some of the funding that goes to front-line officers and using it to fund jobs like social workers and counselors to reduce the potential for unnecessary violence on the policed population. i think that is an idea worthy of investigation and trial. but some random dude off the street is going to hear defund the police and think progressives want to get rid of police entirely. this has the effect of alienating a potential ally and give talking points to talking heads misrepresenting what progressives are actually championing. 

now some ppl might think the point is to be provocative and force conversations. but i feel that is a losing proposition when these days political discourse is often boiled down to a tweet, meme, or posterboard. when you try and reach out to conservatives who get their news from fb or fox news, these slogans are going to end up being more counterproductive than anything.

edit: in retrospect, ACAB would have been a better example to use rather than BLM.
gpt
I notice that you, like many others who post some variation of this topic, are talking about how *other* people might misunderstand what's being said based on the slogan.

Like, *you* grasp what is meant by "defund the police," but *other* people might think it means this other crazy thing, so it's a bad slogan. Right?

If that's an accurate characterization, can you elaborate on how you came to know the true / more accurate meaning of these slogans, despite them being misleading as you claim?