Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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It's not "frivolous" to feed & educate a child, provide housing for hard-working people who are overwhelmed by the effects of systemic economic injustice, or prevent violence against women & children. In fact, it's smart, sophisticated, savvy - & most importantly morally correct.
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I totally understand that. And I agree with it. I just also understand how that one word can be used by the right wing to help Trump win the election. And that does matter. All I’m saying is that I understand the argument over that one word. We can also say “transform” the police
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I understand “defund the police” isn’t the best language, but where was all the outrage when they were defunding education, defunding Headstart, defunding hunger & anti-poverty programs, defunding violence prevention programs, defunding peace projects & defunding social services?
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In the life of a nation as well as an individual, if you're not actively promoting the good then that which is not good will fill in the void. Energy will flow wherever it is either consciously directed, or unconsciously allowed.
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Amen.
I can’t wrap my head around how it makes any logical, moral, or ethical sense to shoot a fleeing man in the back over a taser. #RayshardBrooks #AtlantaShooting
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There is a place for brute force, but it should not be the problem-solving modality used universally. And the best way to deal with what you describe is to infuse the life of the average American with massive economic opportunity.
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2/ This is not a political but a spiritual contest. Anyone who thinks it is as simple as just changing things on the level of effect is naïve. The “dark psychic force of collectivized hatred” is no joke & treating it like one is an example of the naïveté that allows it to fester.
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1/ America was never without racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism or xenophobia. But we thought we’d reached a consensus where none could ever again be turned into a major political force. With the advent of social media and a president who gives a wink-wink, the levees have fallen.
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3/ But more than anything we should place the responsibility where it belongs: at the feet of politicians who for the sake of their own power have allowed so much societal despair to form, that it’s like a petrie dish out of which collective pathologies inevitably arise.
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2/ We should return to community policing, and there should be far more mental health support for policemen (they too are traumatized and live in a constant state of low-grade panic). There should also be a national registry of bad cops so they can’t just move from town to town.
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1/ Incremental policy changes are not enough. There should be a national police academy with universal standards for policing everywhere. The training should be much longer than that it is now and should include non-violent conflict resolution techniques.
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