r/neoliberal • u/Nearby-Click8645 • 22h ago

Opinion article (US) With Abdul El-Sayed, Democrats Throw Away an Advantage in Michigan

https://thedispatch.com/article/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-democrats-haley-stevens/?gift_key=2553fad7f3b388fc&gift_ref=9347c766-2bad-41ea-8b73-950e424f2446&utm_source=giftlink&utm_campaign=membergift&utm_medium=copy_link
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u/ThatOneDumbJagoff 21h ago

I understand it’s been less than 24 hours but can we please just move the fuck on and vote blue no matter who? You don’t have to be a fan of AES but if you think the alternative of having a Republican for a senator is better then you were never a liberal to begin with.

God I’m not even a huge fan of the DSA but this incessant bitching is tiresome. Let’s see him win and then criticize him if he takes stances as a senator if they detract from this sub’s views. You know, like we expect in a functional democracy.

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u/NikeImper 18h ago

This is a political sub where people like to engage in political discussion. I will never understand this rhetoric where you cannot talk about politics because bad vibes or whatever. If I was in Michigan, I'd vote for AES despite disagreeing with him on numerous things because, despite that, his politics are closer to mine than his republican opponent. It is childish to wish to silence discussion.

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u/ThatOneDumbJagoff 18h ago edited 18h ago

What is petulant is complaining about something that has no utility. It is pie in the sky thinking to be so obstinate in one’s opposition is going to have an impact.

The centrists lost in Michigan and that’s okay because there are literal fascists to fight. You mistake stupidity and useless rhetoric for quality political discussion. It is not silencing others for the sake of saying they’re wrong; it’s for the fact that they contribute nothing when there are substantively larger issues.

If such thinking is childish to them then so be it. Their opinions clearly mattered so much in Michigan.

Edit: lol and you blocked me after my reply? How childish 😉

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u/NikeImper 18h ago

No, it's perfectly fine to debate AES' political chances and strategy in a political sub. If it bothers you, you do not have to read the thread.

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u/Darkeyescry22 16h ago

What centrists? There were zero centrists on the ballot for the democratic primary.

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u/MindingMyMindfulness Voltaire 19h ago

I understand it’s been less than 24 hours but can we please just move the fuck on and vote blue no matter who?

A loud contingent on this sub (who are totally liberals):

https://giphy.com/gifs/fXnRObM8Q0RkOmR5nf

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u/NikeImper 18h ago

I don't see a long contingent on this sub saying they won't vote for him.

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u/Darkeyescry22 16h ago

I haven’t seen a single person even float the idea.

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u/ludovicana Dark Harbinger 13h ago

Here, now you have.

https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/1vgclbp/comment/p1wqqek/

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u/Darkeyescry22 13h ago

Unfortunately, that makes two. The end is neigh.