• HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social
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    4 months ago

    People have outright stated to me that they are doing purity politics. While I cannot prove that every single person I suggest is likely doing so, is actually doing so, I am not making such claims in a vacuum.

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      4 months ago

      You took a handful of anecdotes from your online life and decided “I understand the electorate”? Do you think ~15% of Michigan is online leftists?

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        4 months ago

        Any excuse necessary to continue support for genocide. It’s interesting to see the very first policy centrists don’t immediately abandon when they encounter pressure.

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        4 months ago

        I took a handful of anecdotes from my online life and decided that people I encounter online have a decently high probability of being more examples of the same thing.