When people pointed out that Grim was doing this, people would reply, “But he’s so good on Palestine,” but you know who’s been even better on Palestine, Palestinians. But people would rather lift up Tucker Carlson and guys like him than the people directly affected.
Once it became clear Talarico would work to consolidate the Democratic vote going into the general election his campaign wasn’t useful to their purposes. Their aim is to amplify the divisive currents around Platner to marginalize their targets within the coalition.
Also, not lost on me that he’s echoing the same rhetoric Elon did in order to stir up pogroms in Belfast.
This is also why it’s important to be careful who you affiliate yourself with because those associations stick.
Anyway, it’s been darkly comic to see all the anti-identity crew go mask off because they believe a Maine primary is some sort of final victory over all the people they swore they’d totally be in solidarity with if they’d just shut and stop discussing things like racism and misogyny.
Also and,
(It’ss wild how often I’m talking about something and the perfect example pops up.)
It’s even worse than this they don’t care about Platner as a candidate or a person, they don’t care about the Maine Senate seat either. For them this is about taking control of the party and remaking it in the image of their choosing. It’s why this crew lost interest in Talarico after the primary.
“I literally did not read the article but here I am to correct you.” Why, why do you feel so compelled to?
But yeah, this is why I always roll my eyes when people would flip out and swear there is no such thing as an anti-woke left and demand I don’t point them out because it would “delegitimize” the left.
