Try the political quiz
@B7JP89KRepublican DisagreementsCounter Arguments9mos ago

It's stupid, makes no sense, and puts more lives at risk

Keep the cops, if anything, upgrade their departments, and help them succeed in keeping us safe.

+
Expand

Knowledge quiz

How much do you know about Criminal Issues?

See if you know more than the average American.

Test your knowledge!

Knowledge quiz

How much do you know about Counter Argument?

See if you know more than the average American.

Test your knowledge!

5 Replies

 @B7K9TY8 from Virginia  agreed…9mos9MO

I disagree with defunding the police; they are meant to keep communities safe. I believe police training should be updated to reflect the intended perception of police as people you feel safe going to when you have a problem.

 @B7K6XWQ from Missouri  agreed…9mos9MO

Nobody said to get rid of the police; however, what they ARE saying is that they already think that they take advantage of the power that they have right now. A lot of hard-earned taxpayer money goes to the police whenever most of what they do in residential areas is traffic stops.

 @B7KKRB8 from California  agreed…9mos9MO

I completely agree, if we defund the police, I believe it will end up making things worse as they will have less budget for training and other key aspects of being an officer of the peace.

 @B7KBHZW from Oregon  agreed…9mos9MO

I agree with you twin. if we lose the cops who would help keep the streets safe. batman a fictional character.

 @B7K76VP from Virginia  agreed…9mos9MO

DO NOT defund the police, they keep us safe. Just because a few officers have done some bad things in the past does not mean we should defund the very people that protect us.

Demographics

Loading the political themes of users that engaged with this discussion

Loading data...

About this author

Learn more about the author that submitted this disagreement.

@B7JP89K

Last activeActivity5 discussionsInfluence1 engagementsEngagement bias100%Audience bias100%Active in
Counter Arguments  2 Disagreements  2 Agreements  2
PartyRepublicanLocationUnknown

More conversations

Join in on more popular conversations.

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

▲  1614 replies

 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Israeli Bombings Kill 2,300 In Lebanon in 3 weeks

Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.The Israeli military has ordered people living in more than a quarter of Lebanon to flee, according to a UN calculation, as its fight with the Iran-backed Shia militant group Hizbollah threatens to engulf the Mediterranean country.Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.More than 1mn people have fled their homes in Lebanon in under a month, according to its government, a dramatic forced movement of the population in a country of only about 5mn inhabitants with a land mass smaller than the US state of Connecticut. Israeli forces began a ground offensive in south Lebanon two weeks ago, in their fourth invasion of the country in under five decades. They had already destroyed large parts of the densely populated southern Beirut suburb where Hizbollah had its headquarters, and killed many top militant commanders in air strikes, including former leader Hassan Nasrallah.Rema Jamous Imseis, Middle East director of UNHCR, told journalists in Geneva that “over 25 per cent of [Lebanon is] under a direct Israeli military evacuation order”. “People are heeding these calls to evacuate and they’re fleeing with almost nothing,” she added, saying that 80 per cent of the shelters opened by the Lebanese government — mostly in schools — were now full.

▲  1012 replies