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BaronChocula

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12. I ask people to back up statements like "the Democratic Party has moved too far left
Mon May 11, 2026, 07:01 PM
23 hrs ago

I ask for specific examples and they always come up with things that don't apply like:
"Democrats are running on trans issues" (in fact supporting rights and running on an issue are 2 different things)
"Democrats need to focus on kitchen table issues" (in fact it's what Democrats have been doing since 2024 and have been winning)
"My friends saw Palestinian flags at these No Kings rallies" (in fact there were former trump voters there too)

People bend over backwards to find ways to bash Democrats. It's just what comes with being the opposition to the party of dominant American culture (white men motivated by the preservation of white male privilege).

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Supreme court justices should not be partisans. Judges and justices should Maru Kitteh Yesterday #1
Criticism of Israel is forbidden I suppose. travelingthrulife Yesterday #2
oh haven't you heard? Skittles 22 hrs ago #15
Wait till he finds out who's in the other Party! FakeNoose Yesterday #3
He never said he was becoming a Republican Jose Garcia Yesterday #9
i'm pretty sure most of the Nazi-affiliated groups are Trumpers... johnnyplankton Yesterday #4
Sounds like a Republican infiltrator. hadEnuf Yesterday #5
28 years as an elected Democrat is pretty long for a con Jose Garcia Yesterday #7
It makes about as much sense as switching hadEnuf 11 hrs ago #22
He didn't switch to the Republican Party Jose Garcia 8 hrs ago #25
Perhaps a bit more research before making silly accusations NoRethugFriends Yesterday #11
You're right, I didn't read the article. hadEnuf 11 hrs ago #21
As someone who is of Semitic descent... Bluejeans Yesterday #6
I agree that there are very few liberal Dems who actually hate or discriminate against Jews FakeNoose Yesterday #8
I ask people to back up statements like "the Democratic Party has moved too far left BaronChocula 23 hrs ago #12
There are Democrats who are spilling over into anti-Jewish speech. LeftInTX 9 hrs ago #24
He didn't name Platner, but is there some other democrat that had a Nazi tattoo for decades? mathematic 7 hrs ago #27
Uuuummmmmm... did anyone tell the judge he is confusing Democrats and Republicans?!!?? Multichromatic Yesterday #10
He has the parties correct, Shermanator1 22 hrs ago #16
You'd think a judge could understand nuance. BlueTsunami2018 22 hrs ago #13
He's free to leave the party for whatever reason he chooses but Buddyzbuddy 22 hrs ago #14
"hatred has grown on the left" Aussie105 21 hrs ago #17
Yeah, right. Icanthinkformyself 11 hrs ago #18
This message was self-deleted by its author cayugafalls 11 hrs ago #19
From my viewpoint, the people on the left who are critical of Israel, cayugafalls 11 hrs ago #20
Shame on him. He's a liar mountain grammy 10 hrs ago #23
This might be the beginning. RandySF 8 hrs ago #26
I believe he will find far more anti-semitism on the right. I suspect he is calling protests against the Israeli Martin68 7 hrs ago #28
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