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The Democratic National Convention™ of Libjerk

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Dems keep working with trump to approve his picks, but what they won't accept is that if you sit down at a table with nazis, the only thing that's changed is the number of nazis at the table. @[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

How can one not be motivated to challenge the status quo and current administration? It's not working.

I don't really know this guy or his politics too well, but I think it's unfair to label him as an "opportunist".

Criticizing the Democratic Party for being complicit is seeming less like an accusation and more like fact.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

He wants to replace the current group of old, complicit, corrupt neoliberals with young, maybe(?) less complicit and corrupt ~~neoliberals. He does not want to replace them with progressives.~~

Edit: based on my browser history, I believe I formed the impression reading something in a Lemmy thread about a month ago probably related to this article, but I can't find it again so I'm just gonna say I must be wrong.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I guess every media outlet that I've looked at is reporting this wrong for saying he was backing young progressives. Even his website claims that. But I know Democrats love to tease at being progressives to appeal to voters, and then shift back to the right.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hmm, ~~maybe~~ I've fallen for misinformation.

Edit: I can't find the thing that initially gave me the impression that David Hogg wasn't progressive, so I'm removing the "maybe."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I can't find it, so I'm retracting the claim.