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23. I consider myself a leftist progressive

Indeed, I think I am probably farther to the left than most people on this board philosophically. Everybody who knows me in real life would laugh their asses off at the notion that I've been pigeonholed as a centrist Dem anti-progressive on a a political message board. I've read the goddamn Grundrisse for fuck's sake.

I think we are in a very difficult climate for the left and for progressives, and in such climates we must make sure that we are above all reducing harm to vulnerable populations. That is my pragmatist position. The course we're taking is full of faults and dangers, but the other courses are full of catastrophe and danger. That's the shit we're stuck with. We have to maneuver for both harm reduction and social change in a complex political environment. I'm doing that to the best of my ability, rhetorically and otherwise.

I have no problem with DU progressives. I have a different understanding of the optimal pragmatic route for harm reduction and social change in a deeply reactionary environment.