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"It's bullshit because it proves I'm full of shit and I don't actually have an argument against it."
This is the modus operandi of conservatives, libertarians, and anyone trying to put forward a disingenuous argument
That's cute, That your binary thinking assumes a ballot critique of one thing is automatically support of the other.
Explain how it's bullshit.
They won't. They already ignored multiple requests for an explanation or evidence. anticolonialist doesn't discuss in good faith and this isn't anything new.
Because the people that are not serious are people like AOC, the ones that ran on populist platforms to get elected. And then once they got into office, they completely abandoned everything they ran on.
First and foremost, no she didn't. She's still one of the most progressive members of Congress, and she continues to fight for realistic progressive policies including universal healthcare, free college, and housing as a human right.
You're welcome to disagree though. Move to her district so you can campaign and vote against her if it really matters to you. Her district keeps reelecting her (82.2% of the vote this year) so I guess she presently represents them quite well.
Or, if relocating so that you get a say in AOC's representative abilities isn't a part of your game plan, consider campaigning for the kind of representation you want to see for your current congressional district. Take a stand where you actually get a voice.
But your constant opposition to Democrats, two months away from an election where Fascism is knocking at the door, isn't helpful. If your goal is a progressive future, you need to be paying attention to what's on the line right now. If your priority is to purity test Liberals instead of campaigning against Fascist Republicans like lives depend on it (they do), then you've completely lost the plot.
One side (R) is starting Pograms and threatening genocide against millions of immigrants. The other (D) doesn't promise your ideal leftist utopia. Think hard about which of these concessions you're willing to accept as you continue constantly attacking Democrats with nobody lined up to replace them but Republicans.
When the duopoly has convinced you that you have two options, they're going to vote for the red fascist or the blue fascist. That 82.2% of the vote that voted for her belonged to the blue fascists.
it's bullshit because it doesn't prove anything.
And yet none of you have been able to explain how or why it doesn't prove anything. Only making assertions that it doesn't.
it doesn't prove anything. am i supposed to enumerate all the things it doesn't prove?
You're the one making the claim that it doesn't prove anything. You have done nothing to explain how it doesn't. Just saying it proves nothing isn't enough.
if I told you that leaving that comment proves fort Knox is empty, what kind of refutation is appropriate? it doesn't, it makes no sense to claim it does, and no further refutation is necessary.
Removed, civility.