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Think about what this would look like during WW2. Would rooting for the Soviets to win the battle of Stalingrad make you a Stalinist or even a tankie? Of course it wouldn't - you are just cogniscent of the fact that things would actually get a whole lot worse if the Soviets lose. But that won't stop a whole bunch of fascists (and their liberal sympathizers) from pretending that you are. Not much has changed about that.
When someone is dropping bombs on your neighborhood and murdering people like you right in front of your eyes you don't get the luxury of waiting for a squeaky-clean and Hollywood-perfect organisation to hand out AKs and Semtex - you have to go with what is there. And a lot of what is there aren't the nicest of people because the nicer people either don't have the logistic support to give you anything or are simply dead. If the old PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization - which was a lot more nationalistic than Hamas) was still around, these same liberals would be hysterically demonizing them in this scenario, too.
Not much point in being a "good leftist" (whatever that may mean) in my opinion - I'd rather say be a "good at it" leftist.
That makes a lot of sense. I appreciate the explanation and WW2 comparison.
That last bit was a light joke. When I've asked others questions in the past I've been met with hostility; some people seem to act as though a lot of this stuff is obvious. Maybe it is for some, or I'm just a bit dense
It's a gigantic weak spot when it comes to the online left - a lot of people learn new thngs that make them angry, but haven't learnt enough not to be toxic about it - leading to what some has called the "Circular Firing Squad" effect. We all go through it, I guess.
The fact that there genuinely are a lot of bad actors feigning "leftism" online doesn't make it any easier.
Hey, what's your opinion on Biden again?
Sure you want to go down this road? You know it ends with Biden being compared to Chamberlain, right?
The guy who desperately bought time for Britain to rearm against the fascist menace and who even noted warmonger Churchill said he understood? I didn't realize you thought so highly of Biden! I withdraw my question.
LOL!
I didn't realize the slender thread of hope you are hagning onto was this threadbare. Will it even last you till November?