LEAP -- Law Enforcement Assistance Program

I'm just going to say it:

Whoever came up with Defund the Police as a name for their program is one dumb mother-jacker! They (even a collective they) might be great activists, but they totally suck at marketing!

You don't think names matter?

The Republicans came up with The Patriot Act. Dang! That sounds good enough to pass without even reading it. Boom! Now the government can bypass the Constitution and spy on American Citizens.

Right to Work

Hell yeah! Everyone wants the right to work! But that's not what it's really about.

Defund the Police 

If it means doing away with local law enforcement, I'm definitely opposed to it. 

That's not what its purpose is, but everyone that you need to hear you out has already stopped listening because you picked the most controversial name and the one name that gives any opposition a flamethrower to burn down your good ideas.

If you want to divert funds into social services, mental health programs, addiction rehabilitation, crisis family services, and other needed programs -- all of which would reduce the need for police action and violence -- why not find a name that emphasizes the positives rather than one that is basically picking a fight.

I like my name (it took me about two minutes to come up with something way less stupid than Defund the Police). The police are only part of the problem and even less a part of the solution. If you want to sell a program that funds areas that benefit the community and relieve the police of handling situations they are not equipped to handle -- Law Enforcement Assistance Program. You even get a cool acronym -- LEAP. (Sorry, I had a career in government work. They have acronyms for everything.)

Anyway, before you say something stupid about the idea behind Defund the Police, do yourself a favor and read up on it.

If you want to say something about the stupid name -- come on. There is more stupid in that name than I can cover in a single rant.

John