@bleakrealityRI@FilmNBookNerd09@barbarismcrit What do I not understand? You think this type of appeal to Jews isn’t moving the needle one way or another at this point, so why feel the need make a generalized statement that is both incorrect and also runs cover for people actively involved in genocide. This is your point, no?
@bleakrealityRI@FilmNBookNerd09@barbarismcrit Idk man there’s bad people in every ethnicity, race, religion, etc, and to play this type of “oh yeah?? well what about THESE ones????” game with what Mamdani said just feels wholly fucking unnecessary and also quite frankly strikes me as some shit a republican would do
@bleakrealityRI@FilmNBookNerd09@barbarismcrit a White House infiltrated by fascists and conspiracy theorists, it’s not only politically smart but also just a good thing in general to reassure Jewish folks, regardless of any generalizations you want to pick apart or feel are in poor taste.
@bleakrealityRI@FilmNBookNerd09@barbarismcrit It’s not about changing the minds of zionists who hate him, it’s about reassuring Jewish NYC residents that he has their backs despite what said zionists say about him. During bullshit allegations of antisemitism by islamphobes, increasingly questionable rhetoric by leftists, and
@bleakrealityRI@FilmNBookNerd09@barbarismcrit The political instincts of you people are continually baffling. Just utterly baffling. “How dare you appeal to a large chunk of your constituency without mentioning that some of them are in fact bad!”
@barbarismcrit He’s appealing to a large chunk of his constituency to counter widespread allegations of prejudice against said constituency and you shame him for it because “erm actually some jews ARE bad” like what the fuck are you even saying
@TayScorsese ahhh that time of year again where the most smug people on film twitter get weirdly bothered by normie movie heads overhyping their new favorite thing
@Bin_Marinity@ZacB_MN Is the idea here that dems can win literally every state if they just messaged left populism?? like genuinely what are you saying here lmao
@NapalmZen@Timcast and it’s just unfair that republicans get all the blame because starting new wars, alienating allies, killing americans citizens in the street, kneecapping the IRS while complaining about the debt, and historic corruption apparently isn’t “perfect” enough for some people 🙄
@NapalmZen@Timcast Lovecraftian horror like actually utilizing congress to pass comprehensive infrastructure, healthcare, and energy legislation during economic fallout from the previous admin (gay)
@Dustdrums@SarahIronside6@hasanthehun Because the democratic party voter base was growing more pro Palestinian and there’s a good chance this and protests would’ve swayed Kamala to do something to appeal to them. Vote for who will more easily bend to the will of protestors and the party. This was *of course* Kamala.
@bigdoginthebuil@Zer0reflect and it feels like some people are too proud to admit when it’s the latter so they’ll deride the fuck out of the thing that they enjoy as if it’s the former
@bigdoginthebuil@Zer0reflect If you consistently enjoy it then maybe it’s just.. good? like there’s a difference between “I enjoy this thing because I laugh at how dumb it is” vs “there is a lot here to legitimately enjoy and appreciate but it’s also a little cringe”
@Ju5tJaimes@NotAPeen_@calebcat23 would you fault someone for assuming that “defund planned parenthood” meant to stop all public funding for planned parenthood?
@Ju5tJaimes@NotAPeen_@calebcat23 If a conservative held up a sign that said “defund planned parenthood”, would you assume the conservative simply wanted to give planned parenthood less money or would you assume the conservative wanted to stop all public funding for planned parenthood so as to make it inoperable?
@PatchBandana@TeddyChassin@vanillaopinions You agreed with a person expressing doubts that state Democrats would ever expand Medicaid in Wisconsin and you’ve now been shown that state Democrats have expanded Medicaid quite literally any chance they’ve gotten. Do you still agree that person?
@SellJo99@Keenan_BoBeenan@fedtanyl@hutchinson Moderates can afford to be more flexible with their vote. A left winger who didn’t vote for Kamala because of the genocide is voting against their own interests. You can call Kamala a bad candidate (she was) but this type of thinking is also just terrible terrible activism imo