in all seriousness, yes, this moment needs everyone to work with each other - even the people you find annoying - before it’s too late for any of it to matter
most liberal/left schisms simply do not matter in the face of the threat from the far right and I wish people would spend less time fighting
most liberal/left schisms simply do not matter in the face of the threat from the far right and I wish people would spend less time fighting
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let’s heal the divide between the far left and liberals online @whstancil.bsky.social, the petty squabbles of the past are meaningless now from what’s happening in the US. let’s build the iron front against the takeover of the country and internet narratives by the far right
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I'll give it a one off explainer, but after that, you're exactly the same as the nazis to me.
Because the philosophy that "if you do what they're doing that makes you just as bad as them" has never really worked. The bad people need to be hurt.
They need to live their lives every day as scared as every person of color, immigrant, and trans person, to name but a few.
People have fallen for it over and over the last 25 years. It's depressing.
We can wrangle *afterwards* about what must and could and can't be dealt with value pack style.
that matters, especially right now
when I talk about basic decency I mean treating all of your fellow human beings with the respect they deserve and transphobia is the exact opposite of that
Unity means UNITY, as in we're in this together. That's the contract.
Stancil is doing the opposite and that is great
Democrats who are ready to abandon people need to get primaried. I don't have huge hopes for electoralism these days, but if it has ANY value it is a unified opposition and getting those bigots out is a part of that.
Woke: judging your coalition members but keeping your mouth shut because you have a sense of fucking perspective in the face of greater evil
Bespoke: jesus christ can you people believe Elon Musk gave babies HIV?
The problem with communists is that they would start an argument with a wall if they were locked in an empty room.