Andrew Sullivan notes that Jen Psaki doesn't 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.”

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. https://t.co/paKjCWg8A2

— Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) May 24, 2021

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.”

"Community violence" deserves to become immortal like "wardrobe malfunction."

— Paul Graham (@paulg) May 24, 2021

Everything sounds better when you put "community" in front of it.

— Chris Kieser (@ckieser13) May 24, 2021

Everything sounds more progressive when you put “community” in front of it.

Word smithing to ease the delivery of Biden's "police reform"…transitioning to "community policing" to deal with "community problems", defined by the "community"….

— Tolerance Exceeded (@CentsSocial) May 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/Caerus/status/1396897234533421067

The language manipulation is incredibly deceptive. Fortunately, I think most people see right through it.

— Piping Hot Centrist Takes (@CentristLogic) May 24, 2021

https://twitter.com/meh130/status/1396896300642312194

that was 'speech violence'.

— kingcambie (@kingcambie) May 24, 2021

Community violence = infrastructure

— DK (@DKfins) May 24, 2021

When a mass shooting gets national coverage

Democrats: gun crime is an epidemic. We need national gun regulations.

When gun homicides increase in primarily Blue cities

Democrats: this local violence is a community violence problem. But also we need national gun regulations.

— AllsWellThatOrwells (@AOrwells) May 24, 2021

Everything is a collective system and not a problem with individuals.

— movesnotmovies (@MovesNotMovies) May 24, 2021

Yep … you could almost say it’s “systemic” and that the whole system has to be torn down and rebuilt.

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, ie government, solution.

— Alaskan Groucho (@AlaskanGroucho) May 24, 2021

Don’t believe for a minute that there’s not a reason the administration is now using terms like “community violence.”

"Clowns" is way too nice a way to put this.

— LucasD (@TemarcWinter) May 24, 2021

Related:

Dana Loesch obliterates Jen Psaki’s attempt to blame crime surge in US cities on lack of gun control https://t.co/7rctiborRC

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 24, 2021