Thread by @magi_jay

I have never felt anything so deeply in my bones as I do this. We're done. That doesn't mean we're done caring about issues, whether it's universal healthcare or M.E. conflict; rather, we're done being bullied & misrepresented. We're done letting that dynamic hurt good causes all while Fascism is rising.

Not agreeing w/ your tactics does not mean we don't agree w/ the ostensible cause. Let's be clear about that. You want to discuss the best tactics to bring about public awareness to a give cause you're passionate about? Let's discuss those tactics.

Don't confuse disagreement about tactics w/ disagreement or lack of caring about a cause, ok? Let's be frank about this. If you insist that agreement on a tactic is necessary for agreement about a cause, you're a bad community organizer. That's just. . . true.

Further, if you refuse to acknowledge the POVs of other people in your coalition about tactics & avenues for change, *you don't actually care about the underlying cause*.

It's been 8 long years since 2016. We've been through a lot. Liberals in the Democratic coalition have been exhausted on multiple fronts. We have to fight American fascism. We have to try to identify press biases that enable American fascism. Then we have to deal w/ "leftists" telling us that we're the real problem.

We've engaged in good arguments about each "monocause" the "left" has decided is the decision-point. Lengthy explainers on healthcare reform. On foreign policy. On the Supreme Court & courts in general. We've done it all. It never matters to these folks.

Why does it not matter to them? B/c they don't care about the good causes they claim to care about; they care about themselves. They care about being cool. About looking (not being) smart. They are nihilistic bullies who pretend to be virtuous bullies in order to be cool.

I'm done w/ them. I suspect the entire Democratic Party is also done w/ them.

A good rule of thumb we seem to have lost sight of: If a person claims to care about a topic, they should be willing to discuss tactics regarding that topic. If they refuse to do this, they do not care about the topic itself. They only care about their own performance

Discussion of tactics is Community Organization 101. How do you raise awareness? How do you get buy-in from the community? How to you effectively pressure politicians? Some of the people on the twitter "left" are totally unwilling to engage in these convos.

Rather, they seem to argue: if you do not agree with exactly how I am advocating for X, Y, Z issue, you are a "Non-Believer." You have no passion. No. We've been through this. We do care. They don't. They want to get their emotional jiggles out on the internet or on the street.

That's not where we're at. We care enough about the issues at hand that we want to discuss tactics & logistics. If they want to engage in conversation about this, they are so welcome to do so. If they are unwilling to do so, they have failed Community Organizing 101.

I mean, in any case, let's just be done. We can't let folks like this decide how much we care about a given cause. We certainly can't let them distract us from defeating American Fascism. Particularly given we know foreign interference is "hyping" them up.

I'm done. I think other Democrats and real antifascists are done too. Let's have good, productive conversations amongst people who we know actually care about 1. fighting bad people & 2. creating more good in the world.

Real, truly: Do not let people tell you what is in your own mind and your own heart. If you care, you know you care. You don't have to convince anyone else. If someone is unwilling to think about the productivity of tactics, they're being juvenile & myopic.

Their refusal to negotiate is not a sign of passion or true dedication. It is a sign of a kind of perpetual late-adolescence hyped up on social media dynamics. Let's just move on from these folks.

Also: every single one of these people is being exploited by Russia, by the way. We know this. We've been through it before. Why should any of us--including our nominee Kamala Harris--indulge it? We shouldn't. And the non-indulgence doesn't mean we don't care.

The non-indulgence means we care a lot. We care too much to let the perpetual college-dorm-room that social media has created guide our decision-making. They're trapped in late childhood. Now, the adults are talking. And we want to defeat the fascists.

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