EDIT: Even though we're dunking on a few of these people, The Toxic Leftist isn't a good account either. They describe themselves as a "rightwing leftist".

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    4 months ago

    It’s true that a lot of leftists are still pathetically obsessed with her because they felt “betrayed”. After Obama and Bernie, you should realize by now that all these people in federal politics are there because they’ve passed the ghoul test. There shouldn’t be any betrayal because you shouldn’t have trusted them now.

    AOC as a symbol is a threat to fringe ideologies who see any engagement with electoral politics as necessarily impotent and morally bankrupt

    AOC as a person is a threat to everyone. And politicians who do engage with liberal electoral politics are important and morally bankrupt