• Tinidril@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    My only purity test is that I will never support anyone ignorant or insincere enough to talk about “purity tests”.

    “Purity tests” is a thought terminating cliche created by Democratic consultants to shut down legitimate dialog with the left. If the Democratic establishment didn’t have purity tests of their own, then whence “Anybody but Bernie”. Maybe try grappling with what those purity tests look like.

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        1 month ago

        At least that one has been proven to be bullshit by the establishment’s reaction to the Mamdani campaign. I don’t think it’s going to be as useful to them going forward.

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      1 month ago

      If purity test isn’t the right wording, then there’s still plenty of infighting, even if it stems from legitimate criticism. My point was that the right’s lock-step mentality is what gives them such a huge advantage.

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        1 month ago

        Oh, there is plenty of infighting, but putting it on the left is nonsense. If the establishment fought the right as hard as they fight the left, it would be Democrats running the whole government.