have liberals still not realized their two most frequent critiques are contradictory?
Bit idea: explain the concept of critical support to progressives by telling them it’s like voting for Democrats
You say this as a bit, but it makes sense as an analogy and might even work.
Yeah, but then you’ll have to vote for Democrats to be consistent. Is it worth it?!
Ah, but you only really have to if you live in a swing state. Saved by byzantine chambers of a fundamentally undemocratic institution!
…oh, and in local politics, but only you don’t have anyone better on the ticket.
Oh you silly goose! Consistency isn’t for rhetorical devices, its for gaining muscle mass!
Who says I have to be consistent lol
it’s perfect. makes just as much sense as voting for
hillarybidenobamakamalagavert newson to stave off fascism
On the one hand yes, on the other hand I’m afraid then they’ll just use that to keep justifying voting for their preferred genocidal mass-murderers
have liberals still not realized
If they did any self-reflection or had any realisations, they wouldn’t be liberals.
It always throws them off when someone makes this argument to me about China, and I’m just like “China is not the lesser-evil it is based, and all the things they’ve done you think are evil i actually loved. In fact i think they’re too moderate on some things.”
what a nightmare of a sentence
