http://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/05/24/andrew-sullivan-notes-that-jen-psaki-doesnt-use-the-word-crime-but-instead-community-violence/
As Twitchy reported earlier, Dana Loesch took apart White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki’s argument that the rise in crime across the nation can be blamed on a lack of gun control (and also the lifting of COVID restrictions — violent criminals don’t have to wear masks anymore). Andrew Sullivan was watching the same clip, and he had another interesting takeaway: note how Psaki consistently refers to crime as “local violence” or “community violence.”
Andrew Sullivan ~ What interests me is the language. She won’t use the term “crime”. It’s now “community violence.” And committed by guns, not people with guns. Clowns.
This actually reminds us of things like the Black Lives Matter movement, which argues that it’s a characteristic of “whiteness” to emphasize the individual over the community. They want to defund the police and trust their defense to “community policing.”
Chris Kieser ~ Everything sounds better when you put "community" in front of it.
Everything sounds more progressive when you put “community” in front of it.
FedUpAustinite, Esq. ~ Wordsmithing to ease the delivery of Biden's "police reform" ... transitioning to "community policing" to deal with "community problems", defined by the "community" ...
Caerus ~ Community Violence is a pretty funny term when you really start to think about it. The community just gets together for some good old violence.
Excellent point.
Piping Hot Centrist Takes ~ The language manipulation is incredibly deceptive. Fortunately, I think most people see right through it.
kingcambie ~ That was 'speech violence.'
David K ~ Community violence = infrastructure.
Heh heh heh heh heh.
Following the Science SlothB77 ~ Mostly peaceful community violence.
Community infrastructure violence.
Undocumented community violence.
Bipartisan community violence.
Jeremy Stamper ~ “Crime” does sound kind of racist.
Snort!
Art Vandelay (Importer/Exporter) ~ Full blown cultural-Marxism. The intentional degradation of language is to completely reshape the public discourse, and slant it further and further from reality.
NotAnAccount ~ They've really perfected their craft.
FiveStdDev ~ It is pretty interesting that the left is happy to blame the police for crime, but not the criminals who I guess must be forced by an oppressive society to commit them.
movesnotmovies ~ Everything is a collective system and not a problem with individuals.
Alaskan Groucho ~ Everything with the left is about the collective. Individual rights & responsibility is not a factor. So instead of criminals we have “community violence.”
If every problem is a collective problem, every solution is a collective, i.e. government, solution.
Don’t believe for a minute that there’s not a reason the administration is now using terms like “community violence.”
LucasD ~ (Replying to @sullydish) "Clowns" is way too nice a way to put this.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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