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In reply to the discussion: 'Illiberal and dangerous' behavior of far-left is destroying Democratic Party: op-ed [View all]Cuthbert Allgood
(5,013 posts)3. I'm sure this person would blame the protesters for Humphrey losing in 1968, too.
Had they not protested the convention so much, Nixon never would have won.
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Seems kind of weird for a Democratic website to be shitting on left protesters. But you do you, I guess.
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'Illiberal and dangerous' behavior of far-left is destroying Democratic Party: op-ed [View all]
JohnSJ
Apr 9
OP
This is a movement that calls him "Genocide Joe" and has actively campaigned against his reelection.
tritsofme
Apr 9
#13
Not what the article is about. I actually turned off my ad blocker to make sure.
Cuthbert Allgood
Apr 9
#15
I wouldn't pay much attention to someone who apparently cannot even comprehend that that is a thing.
soldierant
Apr 9
#72
Yw. I don't know about "cheating all the time", but it sure can be a dicey game often enough depending on who's involved
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#149
Yes, December 29th, but it shows two Biden policy actions in regards to Israel that many good Democrats disagree with.
Celerity
Apr 10
#116
That beggars belief. Of course it was Biden policy, he himself went around Congress and sent the military aid.
Celerity
Apr 10
#120
Aren't you the one trying to "project"?? Insinuating Biden is shady and has a separate shady policy
Nixie
Apr 10
#138
BTW, here is the Wiki page on the decades old history of U.S. policy towards Israel. Decades now.
Nixie
Apr 10
#140
It's seems to state that (and I will have to look into this more) that some Biden supporters at ?events are being...
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#151
This is also how the disinformation campaigns work. Insinuating Biden can just change things
Nixie
Apr 12
#182
You remind me of Trump, too. He's a fact-free performer who engages in disinformation, so of
Nixie
Apr 12
#181
They are not the extremists, they disagree on a couple of issues but will still vote for him
Bev54
Apr 9
#47
Far Left is also not a dirty word unless you claim an alliance with Putin
MadameButterfly
Apr 11
#174
She has a different account of what she was doing there (you can google it). I'm not saying I agree
MadameButterfly
Apr 11
#178
I'm sure this person would blame the protesters for Humphrey losing in 1968, too.
Cuthbert Allgood
Apr 9
#3
I don't know, seems weird to me that anyone on a Democratic website would in any way support
tritsofme
Apr 9
#5
You have a point, but imho shouting "Genocide Joe"; that's beyond the pale!...
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#150
So Left protestors should be supported 100% like "a cult," "no room for saying that
betsuni
Apr 9
#49
LBJ was one hell of a tough old bird. I doubt his feelings were hurt when we yelled that.
Autumn
Apr 9
#43
Actually, they were. Especially when his own daughter asked him if he was "really sure" when her husband...
Hekate
Apr 9
#66
I consider a continuum in our party more ?nuanced on the Center to Left...
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#152
I never got a check when I was protesting the Vietnam war. Come to think of it I didn't get a check
Autumn
Apr 9
#35
I am not questioning sincere protests, but there seems to be an element of astro-turfiness to
alwaysinasnit
Apr 9
#40
TY, I did not know this! And you may be right about some of these protests...
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#159
Nobody ever said he was president of Israel. Not even the protesters think he is president of Israel.
Autumn
Apr 9
#62
I have seen not one person say Joe could stop the Gaza war with one phone call and Israel gets a LOT of
Autumn
Apr 10
#92
Mehndi Hassan was not talking about Biden . He was talking about what happened in 1982
Autumn
Apr 10
#100
It's pure astroturf courtesy of billionaire maoist tech-bro Roy Neville Singham
lapucelle
Apr 10
#75
Jodie Evans's Code Pink is behind the protests at Speaker Emerita Pelosi's home.
lapucelle
Apr 10
#76
Right you are. It was the Houthis who were successful in the ethnic cleansing of the Jews in Yemen.
lapucelle
Apr 10
#124
lol the guy who said Clarence Thomas' corruption was exactly the same as Hunter Biden being Hunter Biden? k
WhiskeyGrinder
Apr 9
#14
perhaps you should look more critically at Jonathan Chait (who is the foundation of this OP's article)
Celerity
Apr 9
#41
You know this article doesn't mention that very small group of protesters, right?
Cuthbert Allgood
Apr 9
#23
Why is chanting "Genocide Joe" a "strawman"? It's a hideious thing to call him that!
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#156
GOP megadonor funds super PAC targeting Summer Lee (Jeff Yass, who has ties to Trump, Netanyahu, and China)
Celerity
Apr 10
#121
in my opinion you are putting too much stock into RW FUD and agitprop, pushed by bad actors (as I laid out above)
Celerity
Apr 10
#123
I'm pro Palestinian and would crawl through glass to vote for Joe. Difference is I don't have
Autumn
Apr 9
#51
There's a significant difference between the "illiberal left" and the MAGA right.
bluescribbler
Apr 9
#54
Because they don't care. They're going to support the downtrodden brown people
marybourg
Apr 10
#110
Life may sometimes be more complex than that, but you're sure painting with too broad a brush....
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#157
Tarek Bazzi is a handsome,young, gen Z, US citizen who is stirring up trouble and rallying protestors, but look at him:
LeftInTX
Apr 10
#125
Back in 2018 the #WalkAway campaign was very active on a lot of left-leaning sites, urging liberals to leave
sop
Apr 9
#65
Yes, that was pathetic. Was shocked (though shouldn't have been) to see it promoted
betsuni
Apr 10
#78
As I recall it we went through a similar dysfunction around Hillary's campaign and how some of the people organizing it
Ford_Prefect
Apr 9
#70
It matters for accuracy, though I don't believe the article actually mentioned which New York magazine
JohnSJ
Apr 10
#88
Yeah, when I hear "liberals" saying they won't support Biden because of Palestine, I think:
intheflow
Apr 10
#93
Ty for giving some insight to the Palestinian-Americans you know. Not completely sure about the Far Left...
electric_blue68
Apr 11
#163
So failing to gin up a horse race with TFG and Joe, they're ginning up dissention in our party.
marble falls
Apr 10
#103