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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

People say this a lot, but all I ever see in real life is someone being a huge asshole or spouting off some dog-whistle talking points while pretending to be "civil". They get shut down hard and go whining and complaining that the left was mean to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorry if I came off that way, because I'm legitimately curious about it. Don't a lot of people on the left, at least those online, also agree with this, though?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The idea comes up a lot, especially in response to the US right wing party circling the wagons around some new thing. I think conceptually some people wish the left could achieve the same kind of unity, but that's not what progressive politics look like. The constant pressure to reevaluate stances is the core feature, not a side effect of angry, online lefties. It should be a constant effort to look at the systems we have created and evaluate if they are promoting the common good. When they're not, and some people continue to promote them, that's an impasse.