“Radical Left” is not a thing - MAGA has been duped

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The entire premise of this thread is gaslighting. Of course there's a radical left. Pretending otherwise is simply playacting and wishful thinking.

Of course there is a radical left. Just as there is a radical right. But let's stop demonizing every single poster on DCUM as if they are part of that. The MAGAs constantly trying to pretend every single person on this message board who disagrees with Trump is a deranged blue haired untreated psychosis patient and trans person who wants to shoot ICE agents, have no borders, and force abortions and gay weddings on people who don't want or need them is so damn tiring. We're sick of having your grossly distorted MAGA worldview of "ThE RAdIcAL LeFT" pushed everywhere.

OP would disagree, apparently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

You’re a hateful trans-phobe. News flash - trans people were never taking over the country and never will. They just want to live their lives peacefully like you do. Congratulations, you’re one of the uneducated mouth-breathing dupes that will be shamed in years to come.

I don't know if any other form if care that requires the entire population to participate in their care, with no means to opt out(and doesn't have the greatest track record).

This makes no sense

You can't deny their existance or something something.

It's like you can't point at them, or see them.

So contradictions

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

You’re a hateful trans-phobe. News flash - trans people were never taking over the country and never will. They just want to live their lives peacefully like you do. Congratulations, you’re one of the uneducated mouth-breathing dupes that will be shamed in years to come.

I don't know if any other form if care that requires the entire population to participate in their care, with no means to opt out(and doesn't have the greatest track record).

This makes no sense

You can't deny their existance or something something.

It's like you can't point at them, or see them.

So contradictions

A popular 20-something Black lesbian feminist TikTok creator was nearly run off the platform a few weeks ago because she was accused by another creator of being a TERF. She didn’t say or do anything anti-trans, but apparently her content didn’t adequately “center” trans women.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

+1 MAGA4Ever! Li'l gray goatees for everyone!

IM WEARING SUNGLASSES ON THE BACK OF MY HEAD! MAGA!

MAGA = Douche Town. Small Di** Energy 4 Ever!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP is missing the point. The Democratic Party is not the radical left, although Trump likes to pretend like it is.

But it’s foolish to pretend like the radical left isn’t a thing. Spend 15 minutes on leftist social media and you’re inundated with idiotic ideas like prison abolition, eliminating immigration enforcement, and transwomen in all sex-segregated spaces. These non-mainstream ideas briefly gained bit a foothold with otherwise mainstream democrats in 2020 and 2021. And even though that has subsided, people haven’t forgotten. Look no further than James Talarico, who is being bludgeoned with some goofy left wing shit he said in 2020 and 2021.

LOL, citing social media of anonymous fandos to make your point isn't the flex you think it is. How do you know they aren't russian bots or MAGAs trolling?

PP thinks social media is the same as government.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP is missing the point. The Democratic Party is not the radical left, although Trump likes to pretend like it is.

But it’s foolish to pretend like the radical left isn’t a thing. Spend 15 minutes on leftist social media and you’re inundated with idiotic ideas like prison abolition, eliminating immigration enforcement, and transwomen in all sex-segregated spaces. These non-mainstream ideas briefly gained bit a foothold with otherwise mainstream democrats in 2020 and 2021. And even though that has subsided, people haven’t forgotten. Look no further than James Talarico, who is being bludgeoned with some goofy left wing shit he said in 2020 and 2021.

LOL, citing social media of anonymous fandos to make your point isn't the flex you think it is. How do you know they aren't russian bots or MAGAs trolling?

PP thinks social media is the same as government.

You’re so painfully out of touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP is missing the point. The Democratic Party is not the radical left, although Trump likes to pretend like it is.

But it’s foolish to pretend like the radical left isn’t a thing. Spend 15 minutes on leftist social media and you’re inundated with idiotic ideas like prison abolition, eliminating immigration enforcement, and transwomen in all sex-segregated spaces. These non-mainstream ideas briefly gained bit a foothold with otherwise mainstream democrats in 2020 and 2021. And even though that has subsided, people haven’t forgotten. Look no further than James Talarico, who is being bludgeoned with some goofy left wing shit he said in 2020 and 2021.

What idiots in social media say about Talarico or anyone else is irrelevant. What is relevant is which politicians are taking money from super PACs and unfortunately, Talarico has joined the dark side in that regard. Im hoping he comes to his senses because he was thought to be a good one

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In the decades to come and looking back at this awful period of American history, things will be very clear and it will be inconceivable that American citizens supported Trump.

Besides the “stolen” 2020 election, the “Radical Left” is the other big lie. The overwhelming majority of democrats are basically centrists. It’s not radical to want affordable healthcare for all Americans, reasonable gun control, treat immigrants humanly even while deporting illegal immigrants, treat non-white, non-Christian, non-straight, non-male people with dignity and equality, not murder American citizens who are protesting, expect billionaires to pay their taxes, expect Epstein’s pedo ring to be released, expect global diplomacy and no wars, affordability, etc. These are things Trump has made MAGA believe are radical and un-American. He is a master at propaganda, I’ll give him that.

However, the right is indeed radical, with Project 2025 and horrific concentration camps, destroying our global reputation, destroying public health systems, stripping affordable healthcare destroying public education, waging wars, letting prices soar while building golden ballrooms and Trump enriching himself and building monuments to himself. We are a laughing stock to the rest of the world. Yet somehow our own citizens are sadly duped.

Decades down the road, in hindsight, it will be shameful and inconceivable. Similar to that other period of time in that other country with that other evil guy we’re not allowed to mention.

In decades to come, the extremism of both sides will be recognized. The left is on the wrong side of history for many issues. Of course, MAGA is too. But this is not a period of time where the left will be seen as a force for good, overall.

Agree for the most part but as long as Trump is POTUS, Dem politicians will be viewed as the lesser of two evils. It just is what it is

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There will be shame bestowed on people who spewed hate and called people radical for wanting human rights and dignity for people other than white Christian straight men.

Blah blah. No one is disagreeing that MAGA is awful. But to completely ignore how tone deaf and belligerent progressives were during the Biden era - whether on school boards or local government or at the federal level - is just putting your head in the sand. Hopefully Democrats learned a few lessons. People care about schools, public safety, crime, jobs, illegal immigration, health care, and other kitchen table issues. And progressives during the Biden years didn't. These were not Bernie Sanders progressives. These were gender studies at Oberlin progressives. And most Americans didn't share their priorities. Thus, Democrats lost.

+1

I don’t understand how people can’t see this. Does no one remember this incident?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-lives-matter-protest-washington-restaurant-video-a9689731.html

Of course we remember things like this.

But to your question, let's reframe it - You don't understand why people don't agree with you when you try to suggest that half of America needs to be demonized and held accountable for the actions of a dozen and a half randos at a protest?

DP. Let me turn that back on you. Are you one of the Democrats who *CONSTANTLY* calls people "MAGA" if they refuse to agree with you? I mean, seriously? This site is full of liberals who hurl that phrase (MAGA) at anyone who dares to express a different opinion, and often, it doesn't even involve politics! It's become shorthand for, "I don't like you and I don't like what you just said, so I'm going to call you 'MAGA' because I can't respectfully debate or express my own opinion."

People like that are absolutely always suggesting that half of America needs to be demonized and held accountable. Enough, already.

For my part, I only call people MAGA when they use MAGA talking points rather than actually engaging in thoughtful debate. And by that, I mean they don't actually listen to the other side, and don't actually respond using facts or logic, or just go back to repeating the same distorted or non-factual MAGA talking point that someone already thoroughly debunked in the thread.

If you find yourself constantly being called MAGA then maybe you should bear that in mind and do a better job with your own debating. Debating doesn't mean just repeating yourself. But sadly that is exactly what 95% plus of the "MAGA" side of this site does.

I have to wonder if you're just deliberately ignoring all of the LWNJ posts that do exactly what you describe. And obviously, the answer is yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The entire premise of this thread is gaslighting. Of course there's a radical left. Pretending otherwise is simply playacting and wishful thinking.

Of course there is a radical left. Just as there is a radical right. But let's stop demonizing every single poster on DCUM as if they are part of that. The MAGAs constantly trying to pretend every single person on this message board who disagrees with Trump is a deranged blue haired untreated psychosis patient and trans person who wants to shoot ICE agents, have no borders, and force abortions and gay weddings on people who don't want or need them is so damn tiring. We're sick of having your grossly distorted MAGA worldview of "ThE RAdIcAL LeFT" pushed everywhere.

I just can't... yet again, you're totally disregarding/ignoring all of the liberal posts painting anyone who disagrees with them as some "MAGA rube". And there are far, far more people on this particular website doing that than what you describe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

You’re a hateful trans-phobe. News flash - trans people were never taking over the country and never will. They just want to live their lives peacefully like you do. Congratulations, you’re one of the uneducated mouth-breathing dupes that will be shamed in years to come.

I don't know if any other form if care that requires the entire population to participate in their care, with no means to opt out(and doesn't have the greatest track record).

This makes no sense

You can't deny their existance or something something.

It's like you can't point at them, or see them.

So contradictions

A popular 20-something Black lesbian feminist TikTok creator was nearly run off the platform a few weeks ago because she was accused by another creator of being a TERF. She didn’t say or do anything anti-trans, but apparently her content didn’t adequately “center” trans women.

DP. Sounds like that could have happened here. Any mention of it being (obviously) unfair for trans women to compete in sports against biological women results in being called a "transphobe." It's... something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

Not in the way the GOP told you. You people are so f-in gullible and stupid and, frankly, hateful. So easy to dupe racists and homophobes, and transphobes, and xenophobes. F-in stupid stupid stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There will be shame bestowed on people who spewed hate and called people radical for wanting human rights and dignity for people other than white Christian straight men.

Blah blah. No one is disagreeing that MAGA is awful. But to completely ignore how tone deaf and belligerent progressives were during the Biden era - whether on school boards or local government or at the federal level - is just putting your head in the sand. Hopefully Democrats learned a few lessons. People care about schools, public safety, crime, jobs, illegal immigration, health care, and other kitchen table issues. And progressives during the Biden years didn't. These were not Bernie Sanders progressives. These were gender studies at Oberlin progressives. And most Americans didn't share their priorities. Thus, Democrats lost.

+1

I don’t understand how people can’t see this. Does no one remember this incident?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-lives-matter-protest-washington-restaurant-video-a9689731.html

Or this?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

Not in the way the GOP told you. You people are so f-in gullible and stupid and, frankly, hateful. So easy to dupe racists and homophobes, and transphobes, and xenophobes. F-in stupid stupid stupid.

I found the terminally online leftist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I guess we're pretending the whole trans movement, defund the police and half the world pretending to be asylum seekers just never happened?

Not in the way the GOP told you. You people are so f-in gullible and stupid and, frankly, hateful. So easy to dupe racists and homophobes, and transphobes, and xenophobes. F-in stupid stupid stupid.

There you are. Our resident gaslighter who could benefit greatly from a thesaurus and a brain.
DP