I believe you that this type of guy exists too; I have heard remarks to this effect in my time

It's not "what Israel is doing is wrong," it's "why do they get to do it and I don't?"

Another crucial distinction to make is that right-wing "anti-Zionism" is reducible to envy (as if there were any possibility within right-wing politics to have concern for victims of imperialism and genocide or the weak and marginalized in general)

Maybe your mother wouldn't be completely put off by the Church if you weren't a self-appointed cop about your personal interpretation of canon law

Well his name is "Samuel" and his pfp is zoomed in on his eyeball and uhh

Yeah I'm not a James Bond guy at all but I always thought the schtick was that the character was a code name and not some permanent hypostasis lol

Right but I don't even think it's a matter of Republicans "acquiescing"; Bill Buckley was as much of a gutter racist scumbag as Trump but he got away with it because he could speak in complete sentences and use big words (and in a fancy boy accent no less)

I think the difference with MAGA though is that MAGA was just following Republican rhetoric and politics to its logical conclusion where as DSA et al. are something threatening to the DNC establishment rather than its barely repressed id

It’s a place where Calvinists are safe to have a pint

This is awesome and also because I’m a troll it’s so important that we have an Augustinian on record saying stuff like this

There’s also a difference between the affluent older libs in the party who think posting “TACO’s hands are too small to press the Nuke Tehran button 🤣” is ”resistance” vs young DSA/adjacent types who know the party sucks but it’s the only place where real politics is possible