Here's a list of phrases or words, which are either utterly irrelevant or actual lies, which centrists use against people on the Left bc they can't engage in any substantive critique:
"You're a trust fund kid"
"You're MAGA"
"You throw People of Color Under The Bus" (which...
... they absolutely never have single thing to point to.)
"You went to private school!"
"You're a failed [insert job or hobby]"
"you're a white Bernie Bro"
if pointed out that the person isn't even white or a man, the response will be either silence or some weird...
quasi-eugenicist classification like "you're white adjacent Bro fodder."
"You wanted to Trump to win."
"You like Trump."
"This was always about Trump for you."
"Bernie voted for the Crime Bill!" [there are honest arguments to be made against Bernie. Pretending that 1. writing...
& bragging about the Crime Bill and 2. railing against almost all of it, trying to improve it and then voting for it bc of the VAWA are the same thing isn't one of them.]
Feel free to add your own faves
they also have these in their bios often Screen Shot 2020-12-16 at 5.45.36 PM
This guy is a great example. withering Rose emoji, Tara Reade attack, pushes the coordinated talking points that Biden's team literally gave out, calls me a "failed comedian" and says I'm working for Putin, also gives off strong boomer who thinks they're funny energy.

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