Linked the thread because the comments deserve to be dunked on.
A lot of the same people (wrongly) claiming Corbyn was going to do a purge any minute are of course strongly backing this.
Linked the thread because the comments deserve to be dunked on.
A lot of the same people (wrongly) claiming Corbyn was going to do a purge any minute are of course strongly backing this.
Corbyn fucking should have purged as many blairites as possible. Why is the electoral left always such a bunch of spineless boyscouts who thinks they can get anywhere by playing nice?
Probably cause if they weren't then they wouldn't be the electoral left
Yeah...the leftists that pose a genuine threat to the political status quo don't tend to get very far playing electoral politics
It would've been a repeat of how Bernie took a huge amount of flack for merely pointing out planned parenthood was part of the democratic establishment. Too many of the people who need to go are high up in other liberal orgs that leftist respect and support. So when you get rid of them the headline won't be about Corbyn purging anti leftist, it'll be about how he hates puppies and ice cream and is a secret bigot fascist. Which to be fair already happened from the center and right, but this time it would be progressive NGOs saying it and a bunch of lefties will eat it up.
You're completely right about that. However as we saw with Corbyn playing it nice doesn't prevent you from getting flak, it might even stand in the way of launching an effective counter-attack. Hysterical slander from the entirety of the liberal establishment is a given for any leftists trying to enter the mainstream.
The reason I think we need a leftist leader with some of the same qualities of Trump is that the guy lived from the flak and all the liberal pearl clutching. He used it to energise his base and build a (totally underserved) image as an outsider. The sentiments that made "drain the swamp" and "lying media" so appealing could also be activated for the left.
cuz USSR bad, with all these electoral failures and fight back by the right, I wonder if all these demsocs will realize you can't play nice with the rightwing ruling elites. Any chance they'll get, they'll look to destroy you.