Oh, yeah. Got it. That part makes sense. I sort of glossed over things by saying “you’re going to get more crime” if you defund the police… it’s a lot more complex than that. The point that I guess I was trying to make, was that the basic function of policing (deterring crime) is something you want to have in your society. If that’s not what the police are doing, then fix that, don’t “punish” them but keep them around in the same role just after you have “punished” them.
But yeah, if you were saying that I was feeding into a stereotype that police reform always increases crime, you’re 100% right. I should have made a more nuanced point and figured out a more nuanced way to say it. What I literally said, is often not true (in my non-data-backed opinion).
Oh, yeah. Got it. That part makes sense. I sort of glossed over things by saying “you’re going to get more crime” if you defund the police… it’s a lot more complex than that. The point that I guess I was trying to make, was that the basic function of policing (deterring crime) is something you want to have in your society. If that’s not what the police are doing, then fix that, don’t “punish” them but keep them around in the same role just after you have “punished” them.
But yeah, if you were saying that I was feeding into a stereotype that police reform always increases crime, you’re 100% right. I should have made a more nuanced point and figured out a more nuanced way to say it. What I literally said, is often not true (in my non-data-backed opinion).
Yea, I can get on board with that. There’s defo room for reform. They seem to disagree but that’s another story.