Progressive Politics

2463 readers

1292 users here now

Welcome to Progressive Politics! A place for news updates and political discussion from a left perspective. Conservatives and centrists are welcome just try and keep it civil :)

(Sidebar still a work in progress post recommendations if you have them such as reading lists)

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

128

Is this your hero? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

46 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Leftist purity culture is the best tool the fascists have.

He did more than you ever have, and that's saying.. well, practically nothing I guess.

Get over it and enjoy the fact that someone is doing anything.

[–] opsecisbasedonwhat 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'd have a point if Cory Booker was some random working class guy but Cory Booker is a senator and we have to hold him to a higher standard.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago

And filibustering to interfere with the current system is bad? Or is it good and we should encourage this?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What did he do exactly? He gave a speech right? Is that groundbreaking? What has he accomplished exactly?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

And you were in the news pushing against Trump's policies .. When?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Pretending to be leftists is the best tool fascists have.

Are you glad he cost you the election?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I didn't realize he made 15 million previous Biden supporters not vote for a black woman. How'd he do that?