Thread by @radfagg

THREAD: For those struggling with the idea of abolishing the police, let's try and exercise:

Imagine if I created a machine that dropped dog poop on your head. That's its whole purpose.

#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice

Imagine I did this because the country had just abolished dropping dog poop on people's heads, and I was in my feelings about it because I wanted to keep dropping dog poop on your head specifically.

#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice

Now, imagine every time, over the course of 150 years, that my machine dropped dog poop on your head, I was like, "Oh no! How did we get here! Doesn't that dog poop machine have anything better to do with its time and resources?!"

#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice

"We should conduct a probe to figure out why that machine keeps dropping dog poop on your head. Maybe a few extra million dollars can help us add some component to the machine..."

#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice

"...that will make it drop slightly less dog poop on you, should it ever happen to drop dog poop on you again. I'm incensed! You are important to me! We are gonna figure this out together!"

Wouldn't that make me a huge asshole?

#DefundPolice #AbolishPolice

The police, prison, and military systems are doing exactly what they were created to do, and there's no lack of clarity about the fact on the part of their creators and maintainers. #BlackLivesMatter only when we #DefundPolice #AbolishPolice and other militarized systems.