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In reply to the discussion: If we can't support Kamala Harris or democrats like [View all]Ninsianna
(1,356 posts)Well the "blanket" statement is based on the points made that attack her, and have been circulated by various groups with the same talking points, which are not based in fact. When what's being said is not fact or evidence based, making a blanket statement dismissing it as "subjective" seems like another issue with understanding definitions. Criticism needs to be fact based to not be subjective, and when it's limited to deliberate distortions, it shouldn't meet any reasonable, honest threshold of validity, and when the "criticism" in question is echoed verbatim from various new entities, and is mostly ad hominem, it kinda makes them a troll. Calling out trolls for their obvious subjective, dishonest trolling is not an attack.
Oh, no I fully expect the trolls, the racists and the misogynists to dig in and deny that the trolls are doing what they're obviously doing and to attack the facts and continue distorting them, we have, as I explained seen this before.
There is no third rail, and shutting down propaganda is not propaganda, censuring those who defend the trolls and the propaganda is not doing anything to "crush dissent", on the contrary those seeking to make false accusations at those pointing out the propaganda are the ones trying to crush dissent, and silence those who seek to call out the falsehoods. This is a tool often employed by the trolls and propagandists, it's how they actually drown out dissent. Anyone is entitled to an opinion, they are not entitled to their own facts, nor do they get to succeed in shutting down anyone pointing out their lies.
No assumptions are being made. There is no speculation required to see gendered attacks for what they are. No matter how cynical one is, they need to understand that facts are what they are and the defense one uses to deny the obvious speak loudly about what one's "assumptions" are.
These are baseless attacks which are clearly racist and misogynistic, being leveled at a woman has not indicated she's interested in running, by people who are terrified of her and her colleagues and the threat they pose to their chosen older white male candidate. It's a convergence of the right wing and their twins on the supposed left.