The "Purity Test" Lie

[Emile]

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[AloeVera]

5. Something tells me you didn't watch the video.

It's not what you seem to think it is.

Well worth the watch.

[leftstreet]

2. DURec

Outstanding, and well worth the watch

Thanks for posting

[AloeVera]

6. Yes. It might be a mind-bender for some people.

[JI7]

3. No, they did not end up voting Kamala Harris

[Emile]

4. Who is they?

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. So he hates Democrats. He repeats the tired "just the same as Republicans" bollocks.

He has nothing good to say about any Democrat.

What are we meant to do with this video? Take the piss out of this wanker? Remember that "Antifascist Dad" is a tosser?

[leftstreet]

8. He refers specifically to the centrists n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. No, it's often just about "the Democrats". He does not have a single good thing to say

about any Democrat. Maybe you just half-listened and assumed it would be something OK for DU to think. It isn't.

Here's the core of this bastard's message - he can fuck right off:

"the real purity politics present in the Democratic party is near hegemony on Israel. uh its substantial agreement with the GOP on immigration, its fullthroated support of most military spending, its willingness to militarize the police in urban centers and to send them in to crack the heads of student protesters, its commitment to moneyball reformism, its commitment to resisting economic populism or never substantially challenging the oil economy, and in its near uniform habit of kicking the climate can down the road."

Fuck him and anyone who thinks he's OK.

[leftstreet]

12. He certainly doesn't pull his punches

And the shock value may be too much for DU.

But there must be reasons why 6million+ reliably Democratic voters sat out Harris, but voted for Biden.

Unless the DNC releases the 2024 election autopsy, we can only guess if he's hitting some points shared by Biden voting Democrats.

I don't know

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. There's no "value". He's anti-Democrat.

And every DU needs to realise that. If you don't, you'll make big mistakes. Like Nader in 2000.

If there really were "6 million" who were "reliably Democratic voters" who didn't vote for Harris, then they're dumb shits, possibly ridiculously self-entitled, or misogynist, or racist. That's the reasons you're looking for. But I think that number is made up.

[betsuni]

15. "When Democrats use the term purity test against leftists ... same ... hypocrisy ... we're familiar with from fascists."

I almost laughed when I heard the "hegemony on Israel" thing. Nutty! Why is it here?

[JI7]

17. He refers to Kamala Harris who is seen as the problem and the solution is Graham Platner.

[betsuni]

10. It's Democrat-bashing porn. Both Sides porn.

[JI7]

18. Yup , i love how he just dismissed those who did have a purity test

But maybe it wasn't really a purity test as the genocide joe crowd isn't going after Trump while this guy is still spewing Hatred against Harris.

So they were opposed to Biden and Harris anyways.

These people are still attacking democratic women like Hillary, Kamala, and Janet Mills over Trump attacking Iran than they are after Trump.

[Fiendish Thingy]

16. That's not how I heard it

It was definitely an unvarnished criticism of the performative centrists in the party and the hypocrisy in their intolerance for the left wing of the party, who stand firmly with their progressive principles and values.

If Dems are supposed to be a “Big Tent”, then there shouldn’t be a scolding, shunning and silencing of the Left Wing of the party when it challenges the status quo. There should open debate (ignoring “Dems in disarray!” media narratives) on the merits of their positions, principles and values, declaring what each faction stands for, rather than avoiding taking a firm stand and presenting meaningless platitudes and vague noncommittal utterances.

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. Look again at the quote in reply #11

He never talks about the left wing of the party. There is no section of the Democrats that he has anything good to say about. You may wish to imagine he's defending the left wing of the Democrats, but that's not what he's saying.

[Fiendish Thingy]

20. He does indeed mention the Left

His entire video is premised on the hypocritical projection/confession of centrists onto the left regarding “purity tests”.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. But not the left of the Democrats.

He is supporting "the left", but not anybody in the Democrats. You know, Nader etc. Perhaps communists (he's certainly anti-capitalist - "if maintaining the status quo of late capitalism is your primary value, fine, own it" ).

[Fiendish Thingy]

22. I'm sure he was including AOC, Bernie, Jayapal, Mamdani, Warren etc. in the group scolded by the Centrists

And they’re all Democrats, or caucus with the Dems.

But I guess we hear what we want to hear…(and disregard the rest)

[MorbidButterflyTat]

9. I'm put off by a guy

who can't figure out his T-shirt message is backward.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Well stated argument.

Wish I could rec more than once.