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meow2u3

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12. We should team up with everybody who's not a fascist, Nazi, or any other extremist

Reply to DonCoquixote (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:30 PM

Jun 2025

IDGAS if they're on the left, center, or right. We need to band together and resist the temptation to equate comfort with safety.
We have a right to be safe, but nobody has the right to be comfortable.

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Leftists Have to Stop Prioritizing Comfort [View all] DonCoquixote Jun 2025 OP

If you are "traumatized" by the UCC then you have problems of your own to deal with Justice Brandeis Jun 2025 #1

note I said DonCoquixote Jun 2025 #6

indeed it is a mistake DonCoquixote Jun 2025 #8

"on ther left los etrack" Skittles Jun 2025 #2

the typing was bad DonCoquixote Jun 2025 #7

"I think we should be organizing with literally anyone who is not a fucking nazi" Beastly Boy Jun 2025 #3

Solid points that I bet go over like a lead balloon with most. BannonsLiver Jun 2025 #4

"If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution. Emma Goldman Ping Tung Jun 2025 #5

Agree. Time to drop the purity tests. thought crime Jun 2025 #9

For some, it means having to share power and their tribal politics says no. Not unlike Magats. jalan48 Jun 2025 #10

I'd also stop prioritizing "safety" gulliver Jun 2025 #11

We should team up with everybody who's not a fascist, Nazi, or any other extremist meow2u3 Jun 2025 #12

She's 1000% right, and we've seen what she describes right here in DU Renew Deal Jun 2025 #13