Why do those on the far-left act like petulant children every time anyone does or says something that isn’t exactly what they wanted them to do or say? They throw tantrums when someone either challenges their delicate sensibilities or civilly suggests an alternative way to go about something. They’ll even go after one of their “Gods,” displaying that no one is safe from their poisonous animus.
The infamous, far-left “Squad” responded to comments by former president Barack Obama that surfaced a day before his interview with Snapchat political commentator Peter Hamby. Obama criticized what he called a “snappy slogan,” “Defund the police.”
“If you believe, as I do, that we should be able to reform the criminal justice system so that it’s not biased and treats everybody fairly, I guess you can use a snappy slogan like ‘defund the police,’” Obama said. “But you lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you’re actually going to get the changes you want done.”
The activists in “the Squad” tweeted their displeasure with what Obama told Hamby, because he criticized their messaging. Notice though that Obama never said that they shouldn’t lobby to defund the police, just that the wording was wrong. That didn’t prevent the tizzy “the Squad” responded with.
We lose people in the hands of police. It’s not a slogan but a policy demand. And centering the demand for equitable investments and budgets for communities across the country gets us progress and safety. https://t.co/Vu6inw4ms7
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) December 2, 2020
We lose people in the hands of police. It’s not a slogan but a policy demand. And centering the demand for equitable investments and budgets for communities across the country gets us progress and safety. https://t.co/Vu6inw4ms7
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) December 2, 2020
The murders of generations of unarmed Black folks by police have been horrific. Lives are at stake daily so I’m out of patience with critiques of the language of activists.
— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) December 2, 2020
Whatever a grieving family says is their truth.
And I’ll never stop fighting for their justice & healing.
That’s right. The congressional activists actually pushed back against Obama, who had been complimentary of the one member of “the Squad” that hadn’t spoken up about his comments, socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) — until Wednesday.
What if activists aren’t PR firms for politicians & their demands are bc police budgets are exploding, community resources are shrinking to bankroll it, & ppl brought this up for ages but it wasn’t until they said “defund” that comfortable people started paying attn to brutality
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 2, 2020
The thing that critics of activists don’t get is that they tried playing the “polite language” policy game and all it did was make them easier to ignore.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 2, 2020
It wasn’t until they made folks uncomfortable that there was traction to do ANYTHING even if it wasn’t their full demands.
The whole point of protesting is to make ppl uncomfortable.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) December 2, 2020
Activists take that discomfort w/ the status quo & advocate for concrete policy changes. Popular support often starts small & grows.
To folks who complain protest demands make others uncomfortable... that’s the point.
If the members of “the Squad” want police departments to be defunded so bad, then why don’t they begin with their districts as a trial and see how that works out for them?
H/T: Daily Caller