We can debate economic and social policies all day long, but we cannot tolerate the overt hateful bigotry and endorsement of violence and terror that these people espouse and sanitize. We must make this hate TABOO again, ostracizing it out of polite society and our mainstream politics, just as we did to marginalize and defeat the KKK.
If we don't create these moral guardrails, the hate and illiberalism will normalize and spiral into violence and anarchy that we won't be able to stop without immense bloodshed.
"Whenever I write about the far left the comments pile on quickly. And, look, I mostly talk about Donald Trump and how bad he is, because the president is the most powerful and potent threat to American democracy. "
Well, there you have it. Brain mush from campus indoctrination and media consumption injecting the Trump Derangement Syndrome that leads so many idiots to embrace radical left political ideas as some sort of anti-Trump tonic.
I keep going through the list of Trump's platforms of ideas, actions and policies and see nothing but center and center-right ideology.
I keep going through the list of Democrat pushed platforms of ideas, actions and policies, including this DSA drift, and I see nothing but the most radical left, Islamist and communist ideology. It is also highly antisemitic.
So, the attempt at any political-moral equivalency is retarded.
LOL. The Bannon strategy. Flood the zone with bullshit and half-truths. I notice there's nothing at all , you know, *critical* of the Trump admin, like, its incredible level of self-dealing and corruption, its habit of promoting incompetents to high offices, its habit of aggressively pursuing anyone Trump says is an enemy, its idiotic wars, the way its managed to kill people protesting legally, the endless stream of lies from Dear Leader's pie-hole, and and its sheer tacky vulgarity. To name just a few things.
No lies there. Only retarded ideological brainwashing in your head that refuses to accept the facts and truth.
"its incredible level of self-delaing and corruption, its habit of promoting incompetents to high offices"
Nope. Trump Enterprises still exists and is making up for the immoral, unethical and illegal lawfair and power abusing establishment attacks that caused his business empire to lose hundreds of millions during his first term. Now, the "Big Guy" had no private business, so his crime family did the old political quid-pro-quo for money into his own personal account and that of his drug and sex addicted son. Sorry but fail.
"its habit of aggressively pursuing anyone Trump says is an enemy"
So Democrats can support this all the way to assassination of their political opposition and we are supposed to outraged at the Trump Administration simply taking out the people that are this threat? Sorry but fail.
"its idiotic wars"
Yeah, like Ukraine? Fail
"the way its managed to kill people protesting legally"
Yeah like the attempt to assassinate Trump. and the murder of Charlie Kirk. The shooting of radical chick and male nurse were justified as they were impeding and threatening law enforcement. Fail
"the endless stream of lies from Dear Leader's pie-hole"
That itself is an inane left cry that has no basis. Trump telling liberals the truths that they don't want to hear are not lies. Fail
"and its sheer tacky vulgarity".
Well your geriatric, half-awake, basement-dwelling near cadaver president that preceded him was prone to tacky vulgarity that you liberals applauded as "owning the Republicans". But I will give you this one. Trump upsets the childish left that is used to Republicans that behave and talk in civilized adult ways while they run around in their infantile feminized rage and spew sewer and gutter language. BIG ASS FAIL.
The DSA is attempting to do to the Democratic Party what MAGA did to the Republican Party. We could find ourselves stuck in a calcified two party system with neither a conservative nor a liberal party. And AOC and Bernie, I fear, will find themselves to be the Girondins in this particular revolution. It didn't take us long to get from the figureheads of the movement to go from women flexing their formidable intellect to bros flexing their formidable biceps.
> Unlike the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which regarded Kamala Harris and Trump as two sides of the same evil coin
But they are two sides of the same coin -- Washington establishment politics. Both the Rats and the Reps are in the business of delivering the government to their donors. This doesn't mean that the DSA are an improvement, but the observation above is correct. People are turning to the DSA in desperation in the same way that others have turned to Trump in desperation for some escape from the Swamp.
The answer is for all of us who rather decidedly disagree with the DSA and its ideas to get off our asses and vote in primaries. Primaries are now as important as general elections. Time to start treating them that way.
For the Leninist Left, the first order of business has always been to dispose of the non-Leninist Left. Whether many people in or aligned with the DSA consider their ideology Leninist or not, their strategy certainly is.
I realize that the author is acutely aware of that history. However, the rest of us would do well to bone up on it.
Sorry, this critique is incoherent. If cites historical differences as if they were today. Name actions by AOC or Mandai that are menace to our democracy? For a contrast, how are they worse than the current GOP when it comes to the rule of law?
We can debate economic and social policies all day long, but we cannot tolerate the overt hateful bigotry and endorsement of violence and terror that these people espouse and sanitize. We must make this hate TABOO again, ostracizing it out of polite society and our mainstream politics, just as we did to marginalize and defeat the KKK.
If we don't create these moral guardrails, the hate and illiberalism will normalize and spiral into violence and anarchy that we won't be able to stop without immense bloodshed.
We must hold the line and #MakeTaboosTabooAgain!
"Whenever I write about the far left the comments pile on quickly. And, look, I mostly talk about Donald Trump and how bad he is, because the president is the most powerful and potent threat to American democracy. "
Well, there you have it. Brain mush from campus indoctrination and media consumption injecting the Trump Derangement Syndrome that leads so many idiots to embrace radical left political ideas as some sort of anti-Trump tonic.
I keep going through the list of Trump's platforms of ideas, actions and policies and see nothing but center and center-right ideology.
I keep going through the list of Democrat pushed platforms of ideas, actions and policies, including this DSA drift, and I see nothing but the most radical left, Islamist and communist ideology. It is also highly antisemitic.
So, the attempt at any political-moral equivalency is retarded.
"I keep going through the list of Trump's platforms of ideas, actions and policies and see nothing but center and center-right ideology."
You aren't looking hard enough. Maybe you have Reverse Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Retarded.
Canceled cancel culture, deleted DEI and is eliminating destructive wokeism
The 10 year treasury is flirting with sub 4%
Mortgage rates fell below 6% for 1st time in 3 years
Rents are declining
Inflation per truflation is below 2%
Unemployment is less than expected and around 4.3%
The budget deficit is lower than expected
Income tax returns are 15% higher than last year
The stock market is flirting with record highs
Business-killing regulations are being eliminated
Company profits are at records
Record investment is flowing into reshoring industry and manufacturing
Net migration is negative
Opioid addiction and death are down significantly
Life expectancy is increasing after crashing under Biden
Big pharma power to push harmful drugs is being reduced
Big food power to use harmful ingredients is being reduced
US is on track to become an energy exporter again, with falling energy costs
Nuclear power is being promoted and fast-tracked
The southern border is secure
Dangerous illegal immigrants are being deported
Foreign investment at record highs due to tariffs and deals
Prescription drug prices are falling thanks to Trump's MFN
State farm is reducing auto insurance premiums by 10%
Home prices are falling and rents are falling
Consumer spending is steady
Grocery price inflation back to normal.
Gasoline was below $2.50 in many states before the conflict with Iran, and will drop again.
The US is restoring its oil reserves that Biden wasted.
Wages are increasing
No tax on tips. No tax on social security.
Cartels are imploding
Illegal truck drivers are being cleared from the road
Crime is down in many liberal-run cities where the feds stepped in.
Military recruitment is at record highs
Government corruption and massive program fraud is being addressed
Several international peace deals have been brokered
Communist China is being thwarted from its global domination efforts
Exec order to get tech companies to make their own power for AI data centers
Fast-tracking a brand new oil refinery in Texas in partnership with India
Building a much-needed new ballroom at the White House to host large events securely.
Removing the federal criminal laws on cannabis.
Iran being prevented from getting nuclear weapons.
Wall Street prevented from buying up housing stock.
Finally, an Administration is doing something to thwart the CCP instead of just chattering about it.
LOL. The Bannon strategy. Flood the zone with bullshit and half-truths. I notice there's nothing at all , you know, *critical* of the Trump admin, like, its incredible level of self-dealing and corruption, its habit of promoting incompetents to high offices, its habit of aggressively pursuing anyone Trump says is an enemy, its idiotic wars, the way its managed to kill people protesting legally, the endless stream of lies from Dear Leader's pie-hole, and and its sheer tacky vulgarity. To name just a few things.
No lies there. Only retarded ideological brainwashing in your head that refuses to accept the facts and truth.
"its incredible level of self-delaing and corruption, its habit of promoting incompetents to high offices"
Nope. Trump Enterprises still exists and is making up for the immoral, unethical and illegal lawfair and power abusing establishment attacks that caused his business empire to lose hundreds of millions during his first term. Now, the "Big Guy" had no private business, so his crime family did the old political quid-pro-quo for money into his own personal account and that of his drug and sex addicted son. Sorry but fail.
"its habit of aggressively pursuing anyone Trump says is an enemy"
So Democrats can support this all the way to assassination of their political opposition and we are supposed to outraged at the Trump Administration simply taking out the people that are this threat? Sorry but fail.
"its idiotic wars"
Yeah, like Ukraine? Fail
"the way its managed to kill people protesting legally"
Yeah like the attempt to assassinate Trump. and the murder of Charlie Kirk. The shooting of radical chick and male nurse were justified as they were impeding and threatening law enforcement. Fail
"the endless stream of lies from Dear Leader's pie-hole"
That itself is an inane left cry that has no basis. Trump telling liberals the truths that they don't want to hear are not lies. Fail
"and its sheer tacky vulgarity".
Well your geriatric, half-awake, basement-dwelling near cadaver president that preceded him was prone to tacky vulgarity that you liberals applauded as "owning the Republicans". But I will give you this one. Trump upsets the childish left that is used to Republicans that behave and talk in civilized adult ways while they run around in their infantile feminized rage and spew sewer and gutter language. BIG ASS FAIL.
Let your own words here indict you.
Sail on, MAGA warrior.
Pardon me, I mean *warfighter*.
As Jack Nicholson said "you can't handle the truth."
Bravo. That's quite an impressive list, even if things are not quite that rosy. There is a lot to like about Trump's administration to be sure.
The DSA is attempting to do to the Democratic Party what MAGA did to the Republican Party. We could find ourselves stuck in a calcified two party system with neither a conservative nor a liberal party. And AOC and Bernie, I fear, will find themselves to be the Girondins in this particular revolution. It didn't take us long to get from the figureheads of the movement to go from women flexing their formidable intellect to bros flexing their formidable biceps.
> Unlike the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which regarded Kamala Harris and Trump as two sides of the same evil coin
But they are two sides of the same coin -- Washington establishment politics. Both the Rats and the Reps are in the business of delivering the government to their donors. This doesn't mean that the DSA are an improvement, but the observation above is correct. People are turning to the DSA in desperation in the same way that others have turned to Trump in desperation for some escape from the Swamp.
The answer is for all of us who rather decidedly disagree with the DSA and its ideas to get off our asses and vote in primaries. Primaries are now as important as general elections. Time to start treating them that way.
For the Leninist Left, the first order of business has always been to dispose of the non-Leninist Left. Whether many people in or aligned with the DSA consider their ideology Leninist or not, their strategy certainly is.
I realize that the author is acutely aware of that history. However, the rest of us would do well to bone up on it.
Sorry, this critique is incoherent. If cites historical differences as if they were today. Name actions by AOC or Mandai that are menace to our democracy? For a contrast, how are they worse than the current GOP when it comes to the rule of law?