Abolish the police?

[Lamoral]

@Lamoral

The New York Times just published an opinion piece, entitled Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish The Police.

Granted, they also published that bullshit by Tom Cotton. But the Times staff seem to have publicly walked it back almost as soon as it came out.

I think this is a really terrible message to be leaning into for Democrats and the left. It’s playing directly into the fears of not just Trump’s base, who are going to be pro-authoritarian police no matter what, but more importantly also a lot of swing voters and undecideds who are frankly not going to ever get on board with the idea of “abolish the police.” The concept seems manifestly absurd on its face. If your house gets broken into, who are you going to call? A social worker?

I’m calling it here and now, this is a big fucking mistake. It’s playing right into Trump’s hands and the election is going to be upon us before we know it, and now is not the time to fuck around.

The left has no idea how to sell itself. They suck ass at marketing, salesmanship, messaging, everything that you need to succeed in getting other people on your side. I’m continually amazed and horrified at how many idiotic blunders they make that just give free political capital to the right and are going to lead to Trump and Trump-like people holding onto power until they can finally stop stepping on their own dick.