Yep. And although "triggered" is one of the words not to use, I can tell you that "defund the police" triggered many that I know because no one ever explained what it was and so people took it at face value. Like "get rid of the police" so it is a perfect example of what this discussion is about.

www.cnn.com/2022/10/23/p...

Proud Dem here. Defund the police: Average officer budgeted compensation in 2020 was $314,000 in Vallejo.

Can I have a clean definition of "memory-holing"?

Only if you read 1984 first before asking

I read it many decades ago.

Ah yes. Memory hole. From 1984. A book featuring Big Brother and a massive simplification of the language for political advantage. It's like George Orwell is in the room.

Yet, still no clean definition of the term.

I just made a similar comment.

Holy moving goalposts batman!! Defund the police isn't even on your list, its not "alienating language used in a grant proposal". You just figure if you keep changing the topic no one can pin you down to your own claims?

Big tent party of herding cars has a left that wants to defund…while the party as a whole elected a president who expanded funding. Meanwhile, progressives in the party have worked to find successful hybrid solutions. bsky.app/profile/govp...

Gotta give the Cyclone props for working ’canard’ in there though

The smartest thing the Dems did in 2020 was nominate the guy who avoided most of that. Unfortunately he was old and ….