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In reply to the discussion: Zohran Mamdani supported the Uncommitted movement against Joe Biden? [View all]B.See
(5,965 posts)know little about him other than what bits and pieces I've picked up on herein and elsewhere, as to what he's said, supposedly said, intended and so on.
That being said, I have come away with a free conclusions of my own as to certain aspects of the debate, and what I've seen playing out in Democratic politics of late.
Re. the latter, seems to me there has been a trend in picking apart liberal entities who garner an energized following.
I'm not just talking Mamdani or Hogg, but long standing leftist like Bernie and AOC.
I've noted dismissals of outspoken journalists too, like Reid.
Of course I realize the vast majority of it comes from right winged sources engaging in smear tactics, (heaven forbid should as cult following develop within the ranks of liberals and progressives, eh?) so they start up with the usual barbs and labels,
but some of it comes from other (sometimes surprising) quarters as well, and I have my own suspicions as to why.
Though, as I've written before, perhaps it would behove us to examine WHY some inspire a following.
Regarding (more specifically), 'undecideds' and protest voters, the whole notion of withholding votes (in effect trying to hold America hostage) has always been, and still is repugnant to me.
Because how the f can one be undecided when the only other choice is a Trump dictatorship?
As I've often written, if you were 'undecided' this election, given what was at stake, then you've already decided... against democracy.
How could one not know that? And why even entertain the notion of such a thing?
So needless to say (and as I've said before), I hold them with the same contempt as I do their counterparts of the opposite side... the lobbyists who manipulate Democratic politics not necessarily for US, but on behalf of a foreign entity who has neither plan for peace nor a two state solution... just a plan for war...
one who certainly doesn't give a fk about America except to the extent we can be used and played BY him.
Both, equally detestable, imo.
And I'm SO tired of it.
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