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Not that one should need to qualify statements on here, but I happen to also not be a Trump fan. To say that there is no "Let's Go Brandon" equivalent on the l
by gameman144 4y ago
Not that one should need to qualify statements on here, but I happen to also not be a Trump fan.
To say that there is no "Let's Go Brandon" equivalent on the left, though, is just false: there are plenty of similar phrases on the left as well. Let me offer a few that pop up where I live:
* ACAB
* Defund/Abolish X
* Black Lives Matter (as a political statement, that is; if anyone disagrees with this at a values level, then that's something different)
* Drumpf / Cheeto / "Orange Man"
These are also buzzwords which are used to quickly communicate group membership. Another method is to dehumanize the opposition, e.g. calling President Biden "sleepy Joe" or "senile", or calling Trump a "mentally deficient fascist".
There's nothing wrong with not liking a political figure. There's nothing wrong with seeing tribal behavior and calling it out. If you can't even put yourself into your opponent's shoes long enough to see any such criticisms of your own tribe, though, you're willfully remaining ignorant of a whole world view.