It makes them feel better to think it’s just online leftists doing purity politics rather than a deeply angered population who have been giving him every opportunity to turn away from this and mostly just treated as an inconvenience.
People have outright stated to me that they are doing purity politics. While I cannot prove that every single person I suggest is likely doing so, is actually doing so, I am not making such claims in a vacuum.
I took a handful of anecdotes from my online life and decided that people I encounter online have a decently high probability of being more examples of the same thing.
It makes them feel better to think it’s just online leftists doing purity politics rather than a deeply angered population who have been giving him every opportunity to turn away from this and mostly just treated as an inconvenience.
People have outright stated to me that they are doing purity politics. While I cannot prove that every single person I suggest is likely doing so, is actually doing so, I am not making such claims in a vacuum.
You took a handful of anecdotes from your online life and decided “I understand the electorate”? Do you think ~15% of Michigan is online leftists?
I took a handful of anecdotes from my online life and decided that people I encounter online have a decently high probability of being more examples of the same thing.
It’s either online purity politics or damn near zero understanding of consequences.
“I don’t like what Biden didn’t do for Palestinias, I’m going to help someone who would be way worse for Palestinians! Yay!”
If I shoot your son and explain credibly why the other guy would have also shot your daughter, that’s a cold comfort.