So....some house candidate in Michigan came out and basically said that a lot of black political leaders "defang the white left", and that this is a "big problem for left politics in this country." He's being pressured to apologize and walk back the comments.
I see no falsehoods there. Again, I got nothing against most black voters, but let's be honest, a lot of the congressional black caucus tends to be very much in bed with the democratic establishment, and democrats LOVE to weaponize these guys against white progressives. We saw it in 2016 with the "Bernie Bro" narratives. "You see, you white progressives, you dont understand the black vote!" and crap like that. Told Sanders doesnt appeal to black people, told by really annoying centristy types we can't cater to white working class voters without alienating african American voters, blah blah blah. The democrats use race as a wedge issue to split up the left. They did it as recently as 2024 by making South Carolina the first primary state specifically because they knew the old, conservative, black voters there would back Biden, crushing a potential primary challenge.
I mean, I hate this crap we're we're just expected to apologize for everything. We saw this recently with Platner, where it's like we're just supposed to apologize for supporting him in the first place just because he turned out to be a sex pest. I mean, yeah, he is a sex pest, and yeah, his political career is over at this point, but a lot of us male progressives are getting put through the wringer because OMG HOW COULD WE SUPPORT SOMEONE LIKE THAT, along side weird discussions about rape culture and crap. Easy, the dude wanted to give us universal healthcare and his opponents didn't. Believe it or not, ideas like medicare for all, or in my case, UBI, are very important to us, and that's what really motivates us to support the left. but when the left wavers on those topics, and even worse, starts delving into toxic idpol to shame us for daring to hold reasonable opinions, then a lot of us are alienated from the movement, and then we're scratching our heads like we were in 2024-2025 wondering why we're losing young white males. It's because not only are the democrats not offering coherent, effective solutions to improve their lives, but they're hostile to their very existence. It's like they WANNA repel these guys. Because everything is a shame fest about how we need to STFU, they dont' care about our issues, and we gotta care more about POC and women and THEIR issues. And let's not forget LGBT+ too. Gotta drop everything for that 0.6% of the population that's trans and if we dont make their issues front and center we're "throwing them under the bus."
Again, I have nothing against racial minorities, women, or the LGBT+ community. And I dont even see their issues as inherent opposed to mine. BUT...the democrats tend to use these issues to drive a wedge in potential progressive coalition to keep us infighting amongst ourselves. And quite frankly, that's all this guy pointed out. he wasn't wrong, he shouldn't have to apologize, and I'm sick of this weird moral shaming we're doing. So....just as I'm not sorry for backing Platner, I'm not sorry over comments like this. Sometimes we need people to be blunt and to say the thing, and while I understand it may offend some, I really REALLY don't care. I'm so fricking done with trying to contort my opinion and fit within their overton window. Again, I got nothing against any identity groups on a personal level, quite frankly, I only care when idpol is weaponized against my own interests. And yeah, maybe I'm a crass, stereotypical bernie bro. Oh well, boo hoo, that's who I am. I ain't apologizing for who I am, what I stand for, and calling BS out when I see it. Sick and tired of the moral policing on this side of the political aisle.
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