Thread by @groove_sdc

The paradigm is not "old vs new politics" between progressives and Democrats. That's not the appropriate dichotomy. It's "effective vs. performative." For all the criticism of incremental progress I don't see any progress from progressives. It's all esoteric praise for "fighting"

Or it's blame-shifting. Or taking all the credit while refusing to take none of the blame. I see that too much from certain progressives. Everything is everybody's fault except theirs. That's something to consider when considering the nature of their criticism.

For example progressives blamed liberals and Obama for the overturning of Roe. They blamed him for not forcing RBG to retire (as if McConnell would've allowed him to fill the seat anyway) and then they cherrypicked a comment from a random press conference

arkansasworker.com/obama-and-libe…

What they won't tell you is they were obsessed with #M4A and #GND for years. Not reproductive rights. Especially when it became the centerpiece of Bernie's campaign. So much so Kamala had to bring up during a debate to start a conversation about it.

vox.com/2019/10/15/209…

For years they've been telling you Hillary was lazy and that's why she lost to Trump. She wouldn't visit Wisconsin or campaign in the Midwest and that Bernie campaigned harder for her than she would for herself. This is canon on the progressive left.

theintercept.com/2019/03/10/hil…

The problem with that is ... uhhh she did campaign in the Midwest. Not only did she campaign in the Midwest she campaigned with the fucking Carters in Ohio.

theguardian.com/us-news/2016/n…

Not only that but once the Pulse mass shooting happened Hillary altered her campaign to visit grieving families there. So it wasn't neglect why she didn't visit some of those states more. It was respect for the victims' families. They never mention that.

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