The calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal. This is bad for the entire country
Is the Democratic party, the self-proclaimed party of liberal values and scientific data, morphing into a Maga-like cult in front of our eyes?
Over the past few weeks, the calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met not with thoughtful critiques or reasoned counter-arguments but with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal.
Whatever happened to the importance of voicing dissent? Of speaking truth to power? Weren’t liberals supposed to be the folks who value open debate and discussion?
especially online; of elected Democrats on Capitol Hill; and of the Democratic president himself, since the CNN debate on 28 June, will have spotted some of those “tell-tale signs”.
Let’s start with the Democratic base – those “hyper-partisans” who “act like members of a cult because they treat their political party like a religious identity”, to quote the political strategist Chris Sosa. I have spent the past few weeks watching the Very Online members of the base embracing an endless stream of “Blue Anon” conspiracy theories, pushed on behalf of the Dear Leader.
What AI moron wrote this?
Getting real news that conflicts with the echo chamber must be real scary.
Blue MAGA man good no criticism allowed!
Never heard the term ever before.
2 weeks ago started hearing it from accounts like yours and other who nonstop post negative stories about Democratic Party.
Now you post a weirdly written OPINION PIECE whose author once delivered a sermon calling non-Muslims “cattle”, and who previously espoused anti-abortion and homophobic views while claiming to be leftwing. In other words an inconsistent, opportunistic shit stirrer who has as much to do with the left wing as the gadsden flag.
This and your astro turfed term all stink of shit, and all you do is repeat “bLuE mAgA” when disagreed with. Posts are nonsense.
“Never sees the term Blue MAGA” but also scours the internet for adhominem falsehoods against the author.
Certified Blue MAGA moment.
Try searching Blue MAGA in my Lemmy history.
The VBNMW crowd did this to themselves. They created an environment for someone like Trump to be viable by accepting all forms of fascism and oppression as long as it came from a democrat.
This is about as BoTh sIdES as it gets.
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“Blue MAGA” is a fake thing Trumpanzees say as attempt to distract from the fact that all Repubs are in a death cult worshipping a con man.
General reminder that online radicalization efforts are targeted at the extremes of both ends of the political spectrum, not just one. Destabilization and violence is the goal, not the slow, hard work of reform.
Incorrect.
People at the ends of the spectrum have already been radicalized.
Online radicalization efforts are targeted at “moderates” who have not yet been.
That’s a silly take.
A radical is not someone with a strange opinion. Opinions are fine, and protected by our Constitution. A radical is someone that does something illegal about theirs.
Radicals are defined by their immoderate ideals. Whether or not they are criminal depends on the legal superstructure they exist in.
Communists are illegal in America but moderates in China.
China does not have freedom of opinion. Regardless, this is a semantic discussion on the definition of a radical anyway, it’s not particularly important. Perhaps if I reframed my position as violent radicalization being aimed at the extremes of the spectrum, you might find it more acceptable? It’s what I meant in my comment anyway.
“Over the past few weeks, the calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met not with thoughtful critiques or reasoned counter-arguments but with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal.”
Not a single thoughtful critique? Wow, that is amazing, or is it… Hyperbole?!
Certainly hyperbole. But there are examples linked and I think anyone paying attention has seen this behaviour, especially since the debate but also previously in response to criticism of his Gaza policy, e.g. “oh so you think Trump would be better?!”
No I haven’t seen this behavior. I certainly wouldn’t believe it exists just because of an astro turf opinion piece by a dishonest actor.
Any criticism I’ve seen of his Gaza policy has not EVER been met with anything like “ furious accusations of treason, disloyalty and betrayal.”
In fact every single time the response has been an appeal to the realities of the current political system/calculus. Which is typically then met with hyperbole from these types of accounts.
What I have seen is non stop hyperbole and nonsense from OPs account and others in here that can’t go 2 seconds without repeating the same false talking points.
No I haven’t seen this behavior.
Can’t help you there. You should maybe pay more attention.
Any criticism I’ve seen of his Gaza policy has not EVER been met with anything like “ furious accusations of treason, disloyalty and betrayal.”
In fact every single time the response has been an appeal to the realities of the current political system/calculus.
This is just saying, “but Trump would be worse!!!” in more intelligent language. It is literally what I said happens. Criticising Biden’s Gaza policy is NOT a statement about the election, the only reason to make it one is if you want to squash any criticism of him quickly and easily without engaging in a substantive discussion of the issue.
So people ignore the specific criticism of policy, turn it into electoral calculus and then insinuate that because of the criticism of policy, the person must be considering voting for Trump, which would make them disloyal or betrayers. The thing you said has “NEVER” happened was literally your example of what does happen.
Unless you’re going to say the thing you disagree with is that the post claims it’s a “furious accusation”? But, just like you saying “every single time” (obviously not) this is hyperbole and it’s not fair to solely focus on that. I’m sure you didn’t mean literally every time and I’m sure the writer was just trying to add a bit of spice
Edit: came across a great example https://lemm.ee/comment/13326190
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Over the past few weeks, the calls for Joe Biden to step aside have been met not with thoughtful critiques or reasoned counter-arguments but with furious accusations of treason, disloyalty, and betrayal.
I have spent the past few weeks watching the Very Online members of the base embracing an endless stream of “Blue Anon” conspiracy theories, pushed on behalf of the Dear Leader.
Last week, my former MSNBC colleague Jen Psaki hosted a discussion with the Pod Save America co-host Jon Favreau, on Biden’s travails, and her show’s Twitter account advertised the interview in advance.
Most elected Democrats believe Biden will struggle to win against Trump in November, noted Politico’s Rachael Bade last week, “even if they don’t say it on record”.
When Biden pretends the polls are all wrong; attacks members of the press at a campaign rally; and calls into a morning show to mock the “elites”… who does he sound like?
When he criticized news media coverage, big cheers followed, with his supporters turning to boo and point fingers at reporters.”
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It has always been this way. Their slogan is Blue No Matter Who. It is moraless and about getting the job no matter what the cost. We’ve seen in real time when Biden throws groups under the bus with the term Bipartisanship slapped in front of it.
Bring up issues in advance and get shouted down. Then when things like the debate happens and it is unavoidable, It will be acceptable to talk about Biden’s issues. I’ve accepted that it is about maintaining comfort for them, not progress or fixing systematic issues.
The downvoters are really proving the point here
Even TheGuardian converted to Tankism.
Its so Joever.
There must be Russian or Chinese spies in The Guardian, or they must be sellouts, or possibly bots.
Blue MAGA and Tump Derangment Syndrome (TDS) have been the talking points of independent left commentators and journalists for a while.
As always, MSM is a couple years late when it comes to reporting things like this.
