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Comparing AOC to Trump got a laugh out of me. Acting like they’re even comparably detached from reality is ludicrous. Having political ambition and a vision of
by jolux 8y ago
Comparing AOC to Trump got a laugh out of me. Acting like they’re even comparably detached from reality is ludicrous. Having political ambition and a vision of a changed society is not a bad thing if the thing you’re railing against is real and dangerous (climate change inaction). Leveraging the pervasive racist elements of American society into executive power for the purpose of building an expensive, unnecessary, and ineffective wall on the Southern border defies all rational consideration. These are not the same thing, and I would think that is obvious to nearly everyone left of Sean Hannity.
- shereadsthenews 8y agoThe introduction was so dumb that I almost closed the tab. But the rest was a lot better.
- cazum 8y agoI think the opening was meant to show the opposing perspectives on each politician. There's no question that the Fox Newses of the world like to portray AOC as a raving lunatic who is moments away from erecting guillotines and starting another October Revolution. Mainstream liberal outlets have similarly detached problems with trump, with their primary criticism being that he's crazy and an asshole and says stupid things, and not that he's an instrument of neoconservative nihilism and promoter of the American White Ethnostate.
- qualipetv 8y agoIt took me two clicks to find out he's one of the nouveau grifters fawning over right wing demagogues (ie Jordan Peterson). Funny how you can identify these kind of personalities within a few sentences from their oh-so objective writing. I'd love for HN to acquire some critical thinking skills to dismiss pseudo-'data-driven' articles like this one.
- xoluj 8y agoHuh, I've been seeing the term 'grifters' pop up everywhere in lefty writing recently. Is it just a verbal meme or do you all run the same script? RE: Jordan Peterson, he may be favorite among, and a demagogue to, right-wingers... but he himself has almost no personally right-wing beliefs and is a self-avowed liberal.
- xoluj 8y agoComparing Trump to AOC got a laugh out of me. Acting like they’re even comparably detached from reality is ludicrous. Having political ambition and a vision of a changed society is not a bad thing if the thing you’re railing against is real and dangerous (open borders). Leveraging the pervasive victim-worship of American society into executive power for the purpose of enacting an expensive, unnecessary, and ineffective Green New Deal defies all rational consideration. These are not the same thing, and I would think that is obvious to nearly everyone right of Rachel Maddow.