UPDATE: Devastating news. This dangerous bill passed 213-212, with @RepAOC @RashidaTlaib and @JamaalBowmanNY abandoning their positions and voting "present" instead of against it, thus supporting giving cops more money and weapons to use against the most vulnerable people.— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) May 20, 2021
For the most part they are. As you said, people criticizing AOC tend to also add that her decisions and tweets are proof that electoralism doesn't work. My comparison was more about how Debs risked being jailed for years to stand for his beliefs. There are some who think that she'll be the same firebrand he was and do something similar, or at least fight with the same stubbornness. This of course ignores the position she and Debs were in.
Sanders is someone AOC is constantly compared to, even if their origins and current situation in politics are very different. People seem to expect that she'll follow the same path he did after her congressional highlights made the rounds. They also expect the same type of "maverick" behavior that Sanders is perceived to have.
I may have been harsh in my opinion on AOC, but the expectations people have of her were way too high to begin with. She never really positioned herself as anything more than a social-democrat with liberal leanings and that's fine. Her opponents have all been worse and she's frankly better than the majority of Democrats in the house.
For the most part they are. As you said, people criticizing AOC tend to also add that her decisions and tweets are proof that electoralism doesn't work. My comparison was more about how Debs risked being jailed for years to stand for his beliefs. There are some who think that she'll be the same firebrand he was and do something similar, or at least fight with the same stubbornness. This of course ignores the position she and Debs were in.
Sanders is someone AOC is constantly compared to, even if their origins and current situation in politics are very different. People seem to expect that she'll follow the same path he did after her congressional highlights made the rounds. They also expect the same type of "maverick" behavior that Sanders is perceived to have.
I may have been harsh in my opinion on AOC, but the expectations people have of her were way too high to begin with. She never really positioned herself as anything more than a social-democrat with liberal leanings and that's fine. Her opponents have all been worse and she's frankly better than the majority of Democrats in the house.