Plantsmantx.bsky.social
@plantsmantx.bsky.social
Anti-populist, both right and left; liberal- not a "progressive". A proud member of All Those Other Blacks. Pro-Jewish.
Do you still stand by this?
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Do you still stand by this?
"Left-populist" feels too much like marginalized people being thrown under the bus in order to appeal to white working class ultra-bigots.
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Left-populist" feels too much like marginalized people being thrown under the bus in order to appeal to white working class ultra-bigots.
Are you angered by this:
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Are you angered by this:
Ah, memories...
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ah, memories...
"...although the current administration is trying to dismantle that path."
Yes, without much real pushback from the current white populist-dominated left, and even encouragement from some:
Yes, without much real pushback from the current white populist-dominated left, and even encouragement from some:
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"...although the current administration is trying to dismantle that path."
Yes, without much real pushback from the current white populist-dominated left, and even encouragement from some:
Yes, without much real pushback from the current white populist-dominated left, and even encouragement from some:
"Bernie Sanders, the longtime senator from Vermont, also had plenty to say. He had endorsed Platner early in his campaign. After the tattoo debacle, Sanders did not revoke his endorsement, saying that there are “more important issues” worth our focus."
October 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Bernie Sanders, the longtime senator from Vermont, also had plenty to say. He had endorsed Platner early in his campaign. After the tattoo debacle, Sanders did not revoke his endorsement, saying that there are “more important issues” worth our focus."
Yes, I'm going to post my reminder that "progressive" left-populists aren't actually progressives still again.
October 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Yes, I'm going to post my reminder that "progressive" left-populists aren't actually progressives still again.
Can you believe this...stuff?
October 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Can you believe this...stuff?
The usual cycle:
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The usual cycle:
- Blamed racism and police brutality on young Black people "hanging out on street corners" and essentially said he'd put those kids to work:
October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
- Blamed racism and police brutality on young Black people "hanging out on street corners" and essentially said he'd put those kids to work:
Do you still stand by this accusation?
October 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Do you still stand by this accusation?
But NBC News wants you to have a different impression.
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
But NBC News wants you to have a different impression.
Hillary didn't lock Bernie out. These people locked Bernie out:
October 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hillary didn't lock Bernie out. These people locked Bernie out:
Does this sound lake someone who intends to dedicate himself to changing the hears of the racists and bigots he wants to bring into the Democratic party fold?
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Does this sound lake someone who intends to dedicate himself to changing the hears of the racists and bigots he wants to bring into the Democratic party fold?
Do you stand by this accusation? If so, where's the proof?
October 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Do you stand by this accusation? If so, where's the proof?
Sanders put the onus of anti-Blackness on young Black people "hanging out on street corners". He said "race relations" would be better under his presidency than they were under Obama's because well...he'd put'em to work! How retrograde is that?
October 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Sanders put the onus of anti-Blackness on young Black people "hanging out on street corners". He said "race relations" would be better under his presidency than they were under Obama's because well...he'd put'em to work! How retrograde is that?
"He dismisses racism as subsumed by socioeconomic issues."
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"He dismisses racism as subsumed by socioeconomic issues."