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I still don’t get how being mean to other people online is going to give us medicare for all.
“you’re just using civility to protect the powerful”

Look, throw all the milkshakes you want at Stephen Miller.

Throwing milkshakes at random people with different ideas on how best to achieve universal healthcare just makes you an asshole.
These people are using the rationale for punching up to defend punching down and punching sideways.

Rationalizing abuse with complete smugness.

It’s a very left-wing kind of abuser culture.
This is one of the dangers of populism. It fosters an us versus them mentality. If the definition of “them” is too broad or too vague, you’ve justified the abuse of innocents by an angry mob.
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