I suppose AOC failed the test since she supported and campaigned with a centrist Dem. It's fine to try to shame anyone for crossing any particular line. It is nonsense to be inconsistent with the scorn for actually doing it.
You'd be correct. AOC failed that test, going so far as to lecture people over it.
If OP reskeets AOC or something, I think you have a point. My point is nobody should buy the BS either AOC or Bernie sells in 2025.
idk where this new idea came from that politicians aren’t supposed to be moral authority. it’s not a fucking “purity test” if YOUR JOB is to represent and uphold the morals and values of your country that’s literally just what being a politician is😭😭 dems remember what “democrat” means challenge
The argument these sad fucks are actually making is "we should be able to be immoral too if we want to win" and they don't seem to get that if the way you win is by being the other guy, there's no reason not to just be for the other guy, who is at least authentic in his awfulness.
No, the point is to compromise now so we would have to progressively have to compromise less so we can reshape the Democratic party so that it will oppose genocides like Israel’s against Gaza and the Palestinians.
Do you not know the metaphor of planting a tree so future generations can have shade?
I’m sure the tens of thousands of dead Palestinians and their families are super psyched that the plan is to “progressively compromise less” until maybe one day 40 years from now a child can play outside without being shot in the head by a sniper.
People can tell when you don't stand for any principles, and also fascism is colonialism turned inward. By not opposing colonial genocide you are paving the way for fascism back home. What you accept over there will come back to you.
The thing that constantly gets me is that not voting for Democrats because of taxes is seen as perfectly fine but not voting for Democrats because of genocide is utterly unreasonable.
imagine deciding to blame someone for Election '24 and instead of the political party that ate shit so hard they lost to Trump AGAIN you go at people who told democrats "genocide is bad"
Oh, so just "don't think about who you're voting for" is what these people are proposing? That's kind of a pathetic stance for a group of voters to have tbh
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If OP reskeets AOC or something, I think you have a point. My point is nobody should buy the BS either AOC or Bernie sells in 2025.
“So you’re saying you want ~purity tests~??!!”
The Uncommitted movement was a disaster
Do you not know the metaphor of planting a tree so future generations can have shade?
Congratulations, you shot the cause in the foot
and i will commit some murders of my own
They *should*, but some people have to deconstruct a lot more unconscious propaganda than others.
Really if we're so concerned with purity testing stifling healthy discourse we should be getting the zionist lobby out of campaign finance.
Of course you have to sacrifice your principles to get a Win(TM).
aimed at the 'war on drugs' but as we see it has wider application