TK Street
TK Street
Aug 27, 2017 · 2 min read

“Painting broad strokes over any political candidate creates an often inaccurate picture and leaves the American people with less information than they need in the voting booth.”

First, you are actually adopting a term that Donald fucking Trump has been pushing with the “Alt Left.” So, that’s going to get you a long way right from the outset. Second, do you not see how ironic and hypocritical it is to claim that the “Alt Left” is deceitfully not looking at the details of candidates when you are doing the exact same thing to them? You completely reduce the entirety of them to a bunch of ignorant, spiteful idiots, and ironically end up making yourself seem like one in the process.

“However, the alt-left’s sheer disregard for logical discourse, refusal to view situations as multifaceted and complex, underlying racist and sexist tones, and lack of any understanding of how our political system actually works prove that they are not representative of the base of the Democratic Party, and should not be treated as such.”

Look, if all you want to do is idiotically criticize the part of the party that you disagree with, then go for it. But if you actually think you are doing something helpful by saying things like this is just complete bullshit. Calling them racist and sexist? Haven’t we learned anything? There is actual racism and sexism happening every day in a very meaningful way. Calling them racist and sexist because the person they are criticizing is a black woman, even though none of the criticism has anything to do with her sex or race, is disingenuous, dishonest, underhanded and just complete bullshit. The more people like you talk like this, the more you sound like the GOP.

You talk condescendingly to this entire group while defying a complete lack of understanding of racism and sexism. Maybe you should actually meet some of these people and sit down and have a real conversation with them, not just scream at them on the internet because you disagree with them. And certainly don’t make baseless accusations of bigotry and insulting their knowledge and intelligence.

All you are doing is getting applause from the people who already think exactly like you and already harbor a hatred for all Bernie supporters. Don’t pretend like you are doing something productive. Don’t pretend like you are open to listen and care about nuance and details when you get on the highest pedestal you can just to slander people in your own party who, ironically, you agree with on a majority of issues.

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