Blue Maga: We need to talk about the cult-like turn of the Democratic party | Mehdi Hasan
www.theguardian.com
The calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal. This is bad for the entire country

The calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal. This is bad for the entire country

Is the Democratic party, the self-proclaimed party of liberal values and scientific data, morphing into a Maga-like cult in front of our eyes?

Over the past few weeks, the calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met not with thoughtful critiques or reasoned counter-arguments but with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal.

Whatever happened to the importance of voicing dissent? Of speaking truth to power? Weren’t liberals supposed to be the folks who value open debate and discussion?

especially online; of elected Democrats on Capitol Hill; and of the Democratic president himself, since the CNN debate on 28 June, will have spotted some of those “tell-tale signs”.

Let’s start with the Democratic base – those “hyper-partisans” who “act like members of a cult because they treat their political party like a religious identity”, to quote the political strategist Chris Sosa. I have spent the past few weeks watching the Very Online members of the base embracing an endless stream of “Blue Anon” conspiracy theories, pushed on behalf of the Dear Leader.

  • Dkarma@lemmy.world
    1710·
    5 months ago

    You only have two choices in the general what’s the alternative…? Trump?

    I’ll vote for bidens dead corpse first.

    Stfu with this utter nonsense.

      • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        72·
        5 months ago

        If the article is attacking logical informed people. That just solidifies that it’s a bad article.

    • BakkodaEnglish
      83·
      5 months ago

      So because you don’t agree 100% you have to disagree 100%?

      This is why we are where we are.

      • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        It’s just the uncertainty whether or not the people voicing their disagreement are also going to protest vote (be it third party or just not voting) rather than vote against MAGA 2025.

    • ryathal
      1·
      5 months ago

      Or voting third party or not voting for president at all.

      Voting Biden is losing to these options and that’s how elections get lost.