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In reply to the discussion: An example of racism from the so-called "far left." [View all]Celerity
(43,632 posts)were no elected Dems linked to the DSA (and other posters are now dragging in BNC, WFP, and JD) no one would give a rat's red arse about what some tiny, twisted, anonymous rando troll is tweeting on the net.
What makes it truly a poor comparison is that all of the elected House Dems trying to be linked to Julie via inference not only voted for the CROWN Act, but were co-sponsors of it, and are all people of colour.
That troll account in no way is speaking for them at all.
That said, I am not a DSA fangirl at all, so my words have an extra level of validity, as I have ripped the DSA for years here and think that the 4 (it was only 2 until 2020) DSA-endorsed House members (AOC, who I love, Tlaib,(who I actually want to see defeated in the primary), and then the two new ones (who I like) Cori Bush and Jamaal Bowman) should cut all ties with the DSA.
None of the 4 are socialists, democratic or otherwise, as I have explained for going on 4 years now. No elected US Congressperson is, not even Bernie. None of them believes in the state appropriation of the means of production, which is a core tenet of socialism. It is a self-inflicted mistake for them call themselves something they are not, especially in reactionary America, and opens up our parry to be falsely framed by RW stooges. They are all just bog standard social democrats. Actual socialists here in the UK and Sweden that I know very well laugh at their calling themselves democratic socialists.