San Francisco “Defund the Police” activist Darcie Bell is a private citizen who expressed an opinion, and then later on, had a real life, traumatic experience that showed that the real world was a lot different than her original opinion

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-11 17:41:24 | Updated at 2024-12-22 07:34:46 1 week ago

San Francisco “Defund the Police” activist Darcie Bell is a private citizen who expressed an opinion, and then later on, had a real life, traumatic experience that showed that the real world was a lot different than her original opinion
Wordpress ^ | December 11, 2024 | Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)

Posted on 12/11/2024 9:11:03 AM PST by grundle

The New York Post, the Daily Mail, and many other websites have been reporting on a “Defund the Police” activist named Darcie Bell, who lives in San Francisco, and who recently complained that the police weren’t doing enough to help her after some evil scumbag stole her U-Haul.

From Bell’s original tweets:

On October 4, 2024, Jerque Cousteau@neo_antiquarian tweeted:

“Defunding the police is good actually. We pay them a whole lot to do less”

https://x.com/neo_antiquarian/status/1842302278272958917

On December 7, 2024, Jerque Cousteau@neo_antiquarian tweeted:

“Hey guys. If you see a 26 foot uhaul truck with the Arizona plate AL50003- would you let me know because it had like everything I own on it.”

“It was stolen near Noe and Market and fun fact: @uhaul doesn’t put gps on their trucks and thieves apparently know this.”

https://x.com/neo_antiquarian/status/1865413835852861512

Here’s my take on this:

I can totally relate to Darcie Bell changing her mind after going through this kind of experience. Yes, she is a hypocrite. But so is everyone, including me.

If Bell was an elected official who had enacted policies to defund the police, and then later had hypocritically had her own private security personnel, I’d be a lot tougher on her. And in fact, I have pointed out the hypocrisy of many “Defund the Police” elected officials, which you can read about here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.

But Darcie Bell is not an elected official. She is a private citizen who expressed an opinion, and then later on, had a real life, traumatic experience that showed that the real world was a lot different than her original opinion.

And that’s OK.

It’s a learning experience.

A person has an opinion, then they get new information or a new experience that contradicts that opinion, and so they change their mind. That’s a learning experience. We all go through things like that. It’s part of being human.

I sincerely hope that Darcie Bell is able to get her possessions back.

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1 posted on 12/11/2024 9:11:03 AM PST by grundle

To: grundle

You win the “Longest Title” award.

2 posted on 12/11/2024 9:12:11 AM PST by johniegrad

To: grundle

There was a similar incident with protesters/rioters who traveled to Ferguson, Missouri, from Arizona who returned home and discovered their homes were burglarized. The funniest was when they were on camera shouting about “abolishing private property!”

To: grundle

I hope she doesn’t get her stuff back.

4 posted on 12/11/2024 9:17:59 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)

To: grundle

Much like Barbara Boxer and Brittney Griner, too bad it takes getting bit on the ass personally to get these lefties to realize their little socialist utopia is a joke and criminals and other countries couldn’t give a shit less.

5 posted on 12/11/2024 9:18:32 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)

To: grundle

No sympathy from me. That dipshit knew there were and still are victims of more heinous crimes than she experienced. She thought it was fine to defund police while people were being murdered, robbed and raped and she had no compassion for them. Screw her.

6 posted on 12/11/2024 9:19:20 AM PST by chuckb87

To: grundle

“Yes, she is a hypocrite. But so is everyone, including me”.

Then this writer goes on to say “She is a private citizen who expressed an opinion, and then later on, had a real life, traumatic experience that showed that the real world was a lot different than her original opinion.

And that’s OK.

It’s a learning experienc”.

A learning experience and coming to a different conclusion is not a hypocrite. I’d say he got it right the first time. She’s a hypocrite. When it comes to her it’s suddenly she needs the police. Doesn’t care if others are protected only herself.

7 posted on 12/11/2024 9:23:27 AM PST by Beowulf9

To: Cold_Red_Steel

8 posted on 12/11/2024 9:23:59 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)

To: grundle

Honestly, she appears to be sticking by her guns and hasn't learned anything from this. Still calling to defund police.

At least she's consistent. Small comfort that will be when she's lost all her stuff, but that's the bed in which she chose to lie.

To: grundle

I’ll shed no tears for this leftist but let’s not pretend fully funded SF police would have prevented this theft or done anything about stolen property unless it were for one of their democrat masters.

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