The thing about being "woke" is that adhering to basic norms of respect for other humans takes effort, and there is a large subset of the pundit class that considers it too big an ask. Being an inconsiderate jerk is much easier, and Nazis give you permission to do that.
It is pretty unequivocally true to say that the American punditocracy and intelligentsia vastly prefer the company and input of race scientists and Nazis to "woke" liberals. I don't think there's really any argument about that, it's extremely clear up and down the board.
The thing about being "woke" is that adhering to basic norms of respect for other humans takes effort, and there is a large subset of the pundit class that considers it too big an ask. Being an inconsiderate jerk is much easier, and Nazis give you permission to do that.
fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
An innocent man who committed no crime but is the same race as the person who murdered your daughter should have to spend the rest of his life in a concentration camp is the argument?
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
fun historical fact: among the core political forces in the development of mass incarceration was the "Victims' Rights Movement". Its first major legislative national legislative victory was under President Reagan. The prison population doubled under his administration.
it would be a historic irony if Donald Trump riggled out of so many jams, literally dodged a bullet, only to destroy himself with his own hands over the one thing he truly believes in
April 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
it would be a historic irony if Donald Trump riggled out of so many jams, literally dodged a bullet, only to destroy himself with his own hands over the one thing he truly believes in
“We don’t have leverage but we have responsibility” is the epitome of Democratic Party brain damage. YOU DON’T HAVE RESPONSIBILITY! NO ONE IS GOING TO REWARD YOU FOR “ACTING RESPONSIBLE” IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DESTRUCTIVE REGIME FULLY CONTROLLED BY YOUR ENEMIES!
The embodiment of Democratic Party resistance. “They’re throwing out the Constitution. I’m not sure how I’ll vote on it.” www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
March 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“We don’t have leverage but we have responsibility” is the epitome of Democratic Party brain damage. YOU DON’T HAVE RESPONSIBILITY! NO ONE IS GOING TO REWARD YOU FOR “ACTING RESPONSIBLE” IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DESTRUCTIVE REGIME FULLY CONTROLLED BY YOUR ENEMIES!
criticizing liberalism is useful and necessary for liberalism to improve and for other movements not to repeat its mistakes -- but most of the people using "liberal" as an epithet just straight up don't know what they're talking about
I have zero issue with in-depth, contextualized critiques of liberalism: what I’m talking about is people who identify as on the left (like myself) using “liberal” as an insult all the time without context or explanation.
That’s usage that makes good people who identify as liberal catch strays.
March 10, 2025 at 1:59 AM
criticizing liberalism is useful and necessary for liberalism to improve and for other movements not to repeat its mistakes -- but most of the people using "liberal" as an epithet just straight up don't know what they're talking about