QAA has lib Russiagate brainworms. They believe US intel agencies over Ray McGovern’s “VIPS”whistleblower organization. Their only guiding ideology is “Republicans are bonkers”—which TBF makes them correct 95% of the time, but automatically taking the opposite side to a broken clock isn’t shrewd analysis.
I don’t think she’s as much of a lib as this take immediately seems when taken at face value, it’s a “if you say that x is bad, by your logic y must also be bad, but you think y is good.” where she isn’t explicitly saying what her opinion of x or y are (but is phrased as if she is).
I think she’s still wrong, but what she’s actually saying is the rebuttal to what Calla said that I would expect most people here would give (“if you can’t ever negotiate with fascists I guess the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact was a mistake!”).
Yeah I also think she’s wrong to make that comparison, although I guess I understand what she’s saying once you accept she’s somehow calling Stalin a social democrat. The situation is a bit different between one DSA mayor versus the organized USSR on the brink of war.
It’s kind of a moot point anyway. Because although Mamdani does enjoy a degree of political clout and has a genuine amount of bargaining power, he’s still just one mayor. He’s not really in a position to declare the independent socialist republic of NYC, nor do I think he’d want to. He’s a cog in the machine now. Of course he’s going to play ball with the fucking president, even if he does personally think Trump is a fascist. He’s the mayor-elect of NYC, not some hardened revolutionary general or whatever some people think he is
Damn, QAA is a decent show, didn’t know she was so libbed up
Edit: oof I read through some of the replies and her epic clapbacks. Very embarrassing for her.
QAA has lib Russiagate brainworms. They believe US intel agencies over Ray McGovern’s “VIPS” whistleblower organization. Their only guiding ideology is “Republicans are bonkers”—which TBF makes them correct 95% of the time, but automatically taking the opposite side to a broken clock isn’t shrewd analysis.
Edit: Liv is cute though
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I don’t think she’s as much of a lib as this take immediately seems when taken at face value, it’s a “if you say that x is bad, by your logic y must also be bad, but you think y is good.” where she isn’t explicitly saying what her opinion of x or y are (but is phrased as if she is).
I think she’s still wrong, but what she’s actually saying is the rebuttal to what Calla said that I would expect most people here would give (“if you can’t ever negotiate with fascists I guess the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact was a mistake!”).
Yeah I also think she’s wrong to make that comparison, although I guess I understand what she’s saying once you accept she’s somehow calling Stalin a social democrat. The situation is a bit different between one DSA mayor versus the organized USSR on the brink of war.
It’s kind of a moot point anyway. Because although Mamdani does enjoy a degree of political clout and has a genuine amount of bargaining power, he’s still just one mayor. He’s not really in a position to declare the independent socialist republic of NYC, nor do I think he’d want to. He’s a cog in the machine now. Of course he’s going to play ball with the fucking president, even if he does personally think Trump is a fascist. He’s the mayor-elect of NYC, not some hardened revolutionary general or whatever some people think he is