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  • @gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
    8•22 days ago

    For instance: I have been called this multiple times when I try to present a nuanced argument about the American electoral system to some people on this site about how AIPAC and the threat of their campaign money being deployed against Harris kinda ties her hands with regards to coming out strongly against the Gaza Genocide, and moreover that castigating Harris for that ambiguity is wrongheaded because she’s currently the VP and doesn’t have the ability to enact any policy on the matter at the moment.

    Basically, it’s used by people pushing bad-faith arguments trying to sap support from the only viable candidate who’s NOT a fascist to try to create false equivalence about the political tribalism in the US. Which is deeply stupid, because I have big problems with a lot of the more capitalistic/corp-friendly positions the Democratic Party has. The only reason I’m not still a card-carrying member of the DSA is because their position on the Ukraine War is imbecilic in the extreme.

    • EleventhHour
      4•22 days ago

      Ugh, I’m so mad about the DSA’s position on the Ukraine War. Like, wtf…? I’m with you on that.

      Also on how, often here but not as bad as Reddit was, nuanced discussion can get swept away in the common fervor. I don’t think it’s as generally stupid or ill-willed, but it still happens sometimes.

      Anyway, who cares what tankie jerks have to say? Just block em. They’re fucking bananas.

      • @gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
        4•22 days ago

        Yeah, it’s irritating, but it can be fun to rhetorically dismantle bad faith arguments from the same handful of people wherever you see them using said arguments, just in the interest of not letting them spew their idiocy unopposed. I’m not under any illusion that I’m changing their minds, but I do think I’m somewhat frustrating whatever agenda they’re trying to push, which is nice.