• HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world
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    The American left needs to fall out of love with cannibalism.

    I don’t care why Harris wants to do the right thing now.

    Allow people to save face and change their positions - attacking them for “flip flops” is to say “No reasonable adult should ever change their mind about anything” which is not only bananas, but discourages people from doing critical thinking because they’d face humiliation for reversing course.

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      I don’t care why Harris wants to do the right thing now.

      I don’t believe she actually does want to do the right thing, now or ever.

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      in politics, words are cheap. I’ll believe her when she DOES something significant to demonstrate her new found beliefs. Until then, doubt.

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          Purity test is a lazy dumb concept used to shut down discussion when you have no real arguments to present

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          This isn’t purity testing, this is predicting that she isn’t going to advance any of our interests based on her history of being more willing to lose to Donald fucking Trump than advance any of our interests.

          She knew supporting genocide would decrease the number of people who would vote for her, she knew supporting war would decrease the number of people who would vote for her, she knew supporting ICE would decrease the number of people who would vote for her. She chose to embrace these policies anyway.

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          She’s not Saul on the road to Damascus here.

          She’s Faust swearing to burn his books long after he damned himself.

          Can’t shake the devil’s hand and say you’re only kidding.

          …and Jalad at Tanagra.