Never ceases to amaze me, the time and energy some people who profess to be progressive have to mount attacks on and sling insults at those who share their goals. All that energy that could be put into building together, pushing back against an organized and hateful and powerful fascist movement.

The willingness to fragment and fray solidarity over unimportant matters: I truly don't get it and never will get it.

#CircularFiringSquad #DefeatistPolitics #PlainDumb #progressives

OED below:

"I feel very strongly that we in the lefty world ask for perfection from everyone and are too often damning of those who we agree with 90 percent of the time, but might not agree with 10 percent of the time. Social media makes this worse; all those likes reinforce our most exclusive elements."

~ Erik Loomis

Amen. The silly purism and lack of solidarity of many lefties in face of rising fascism: just nutty.

#politics #Democrats #purism #CircularFiringSquad

https://www.wonkette.com/p/wherein-a-historian-tries-to-figure

Wherein A Historian Tries To Figure Out How To Fix This Disaster

Not-drunk history with Erik Loomis!

Wonkette

“What I care about is that at a time when we need to start establishing means of accountability for a second Trump term, much of the Democratic world has chosen instead to wallow in false claims about the Trump investigation in order to make _Garland_ a scapegoat, rather than the guy directly responsible, John Roberts. It’s classical conspiracy thinking.”

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/30/the-opportunity-costs-of-conspiracy-theories-about-merrick-garland/

#MerrickGarland #JohnRoberts #conspiracy #ConspiracyTheory #blame #USpol #CircularFiringSquad

The Opportunity Costs of Conspiracy Theories about Merrick Garland - emptywheel

You have a choice. You can spend the next few weeks making a big stink about the fact that the aspiring FBI Director tried to help Trump steal classified documents. Or you can spend it clinging to false claims about Merrick Garland so you can blame him rather than John Roberts for the fact that Trump won.

emptywheel
I sure hope the Democratic Party can stop with the recriminations and finger pointing soon and get to work building stronger messages for the coming fight. Let’s face it folks, no democrat could have won this election. #CircularFiringSquad
Oh boy, am I regretting my support for Adam Schiff. #adamschiff #stupid #CircularFiringSquad

A Republic, If You Can Keep It | Patreon

"It would just be really nice if Democrats could tone down the circular firing squad for the sake of the nation, particularly when there’s no clear, alternative path to victory."

Via Angry Staffer by way of @GottaLaff

https://www.patreon.com/posts/107984357

#Election2024 #BidenHarris2024 #Democrats #CircularFiringSquad

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