I respectfully disagree that we should let fascists frame our politics. That’s how we end up never moving on from red scare politics dominating. I don’t think it’s effective to hand wave away literal pedophiles framing gay people as predators, black people as inherently violent, Muslims as terrorists and leftists as anti-democratic.
I’m not talking about a “Steven crowder type” operative I’m talking about the messaging as a whole. DSA did not lie about these things specifically to a right winger, they were saying it unprompted on their own platforms.
The proof of the contrary is right there and these people (DSA) already face flak for what they say, why is it necessary for them to lie about socialism? The socialism in their name is what GOT THEM THIER HIGH APPROVAL RATING. Not thier cults of personality, not Hasan piker, their socialist policy.
There’s a difference between staying silent about communism or whatever and then openly lying for the gain of the right wing. When it comes to any other country, Dems, even DSA demonizes actual socialism and then tells you to vote for people with literal Nazi tattoos.
To me, It comes off as libs LARPing as socialists and it’s starting to get more and more obvious.
I respectfully disagree that we should let fascists frame our politics. That’s how we end up never moving on from red scare politics dominating. I don’t think it’s effective to hand wave away literal pedophiles framing gay people as predators, black people as inherently violent, Muslims as terrorists and leftists as anti-democratic.
I’m not talking about a “Steven crowder type” operative I’m talking about the messaging as a whole. DSA did not lie about these things specifically to a right winger, they were saying it unprompted on their own platforms.
The proof of the contrary is right there and these people (DSA) already face flak for what they say, why is it necessary for them to lie about socialism? The socialism in their name is what GOT THEM THIER HIGH APPROVAL RATING. Not thier cults of personality, not Hasan piker, their socialist policy.
There’s a difference between staying silent about communism or whatever and then openly lying for the gain of the right wing. When it comes to any other country, Dems, even DSA demonizes actual socialism and then tells you to vote for people with literal Nazi tattoos.
To me, It comes off as libs LARPing as socialists and it’s starting to get more and more obvious.