Bad Boys II

[Belsnickel]

(06-22-2020, 01:03 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Of course it's one sided.  You have something you want me to know.  It's your job to inform me of what it is, and if it sounds like something i'm not interested in, then it's not incumbent upon me to go and try to change my mind, so what you name yourself is very important.  If half the country thinks you mean something different, then you did a piss poor job, and it's nobody else's fault or a result of laziness when they write you off.

(06-22-2020, 01:13 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I agree that the label "defunding the police" is problematic, but it is ridiculous for people to still oppose it after they are told what it really means.

Right now half the country has their fingers in their ears saying "NEENER NEENER NEENER. I CAN'T HEAR YOU!  I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT." But for some reason that exact same crowd found some reason to oppose "ANTI-FASCISM".



Never seen so many people so PROUD of their "selective" ignorance.

(06-22-2020, 01:24 PM)michaelsean Wrote: I agree. I know what it means now because I read it here. I’ve even corrected a few people.

Here's how it goes with the "defund the police" situation. People hear it and their opinions cause them to say "hell ya!", "let me hear more", or "back the blue!" The first and last group shut down after they hear the phrase and any further discussion on what it actually means is ineffective. This is where there can be progress on the side of the receiver. If we can step away from that knee-jerk reaction and continue to listen, we can hear more. Just like those who came up with the headline made a choice, you can make a choice to not shut off after hearing it.