No, the fault lies with the ignorant people mischaracterizing the phrase. "Reduce police funding by a large amount, but not too large, let's face it, we need a

No, the fault lies with the ignorant people mischaracterizing the phrase. "Reduce police funding by a large amount, but not too large, let's face it, we need at least a few cops!" isn't as catchy for protesting. The only people who think "defund the police" means anarchy are the "braindead" ones, because they didn't even do a tiny bit of research.