I think what's kind of fractally offensive about this guy is that he steals not just ideas but specific words from other people without really understanding them Like he's trying to show how Extremely Online he is by using this Simpsons reference but he's using it wrong https://twitter.com/Aaron4KS37/status/1304532666470092803 …
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"Saying the quiet part loud" means when someone else accidentally admits what's harmful or offensive about their own position You attacking them or calling them out isn't "saying the quiet part loud", come on
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Anyway obviously I agree with his stated position that the Global War on Terror is bullshit but also so the fuck what What's he gonna do about it as a state rep, that justifies ignoring his monstrous personal record Etc, etc
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I mean it's a really really consistent and observable pattern for shitty people with a "leftist" brand to emphasize war and foreign policy, to show off how globally intersectional they are, but also because those are issues they conveniently can claim no complicity in
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"Maybe I did all those things to those girls but hey I haven't drone striked anyone overseas" I mean... good for you, neither have I Neither has your opponent None of us have
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Replying to @arthur_affect
It's also not a leftist policy but a liberal one. Liberals are not leftist.
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No, I would say being against foreign military intervention *can be* "leftist" or "liberal" (the people who hate "neoliberals" characterize "neoliberals" as being pro-war) And the people I'm thinking of almost all self-identify as "leftist"
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