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Is this your hero? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Leftist purity culture is the best tool the fascists have.

He did more than you ever have, and that's saying.. well, practically nothing I guess.

Get over it and enjoy the fact that someone is doing anything.

[–] opsecisbasedonwhat@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You'd have a point if Cory Booker was some random working class guy but Cory Booker is a senator and we have to hold him to a higher standard.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago

And filibustering to interfere with the current system is bad? Or is it good and we should encourage this?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What did he do exactly? He gave a speech right? Is that groundbreaking? What has he accomplished exactly?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

And you were in the news pushing against Trump's policies .. When?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pretending to be leftists is the best tool fascists have.

Are you glad he cost you the election?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I didn't realize he made 15 million previous Biden supporters not vote for a black woman. How'd he do that?