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In reply to the discussion: I am so utterly sick of this Third Way shit. [View all]woo me with science
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A disgusting new disclosure about secret deals for free trade agreements is met with insults and accusations of seeking to depress the vote. News of yet another family slaughtered by drones leads to predictable and despicable attacks on the messenger.
Discussion of these corporate, right-wing, and neocon policies is *always* met with bids to distract, insult, and divert, because the policies are indefensible. It happens over and over and over again, relentlessly. We watched it happen in the corporate media, as serious news and reporting of what the corporatists are doing were systematically replaced with faux news...the latest fluff and gossip or breathless hyping of some inconsequential gaffe or dramatic exchange between the two "stars" of the political horse race. It is very sad to see the same infiltration and diversion happening even in small venues like this, where there used to be limits on that type of behavior, because it was assumed to come from trolls.
This is the mess the Third Wayers have made of our party and our political message. What used to be right-wing talking points and tactics are now bipartisan and mainstream, and we have self-proclaimed Democrats mocking attempts at change and calling the outrage over the impoverishment of millions of us "amusing."