• m_f@midwest.social
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    4 hours ago

    Local opinion piece:

    https://www.startribune.com/brehm-democrats-have-themselves-to-blame-for-trumps-election/601176736

    I read it because of the title, but it’s just some shithead that wants them to move further right:

    This red wave wasn’t as much about embracing Donald Trump as it was repudiating far-left progressivism.

    […], and then foisted upon us an equally unqualified and unpalatable hard left alternative.

    They are already creating the groundwork for sucking more corporate dick.

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      3 hours ago

      How can this be a rejection of the far left when Harris campaigned as a moderate (e.g. Cheney)? If republican voters are going to think Democrats are communist regardless of how moderate the Democrats are, maybe moderating isn’t a good strategy. If the only choice is between right-wing and lite right-wing, right-wing voters will choose the real thing. Even then, Trumpists will still call democrats communists.

      Many left polices are popular when they aren’t labelled as left

      @theonion

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      3 hours ago

      Reminds me of that joke about how there are only two races: White, and political. It’s disheartening to see folks (some here on Lemmy) confusing listening to the concerns of brown-skinned people with leftism. The Arab-Americans in Michigan, for a relevant example, are just people with a range of political opinions like the rest of us.

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      3 hours ago

      Hardly surprising coming from the Star Trib these days… I knew it was bad when they refused to even endorse a candidate.