9mo ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Comprador capitalising on Marcellus Williams' state-sanctioned murder

Do you want to speak out against Marcellus' execution before it actually occurs?
Do you think you might be able leverage your political influence to do something to stop it?

No? Okay, well maybe just grandstand and exploit his murder so you can gain clout instead.

Liberals are opposed to every war except the current one, they are opposed to every execution except the pending one

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Real crying at the child migrant detention center fence vibes
- Has she even commented on them since Biden got elected?
  
  Babies in prison cages ceased to exist on January 20, 2021. We now have "migrant holding and processing facilities", which are cool and good.
- What I am saying, explicitly, is that
  would make a better congresswoman than
- I'm surprised we don't have an emoji of that now.
  
  We have this which basically covers it:
Not only late, but what an incredibly fucking dry way to comment on it too.
- She didn’t even say his name
  
  It's 100% about plausible deniability
  Some PR goon has concocted this strategy for her to remain in the progressive zeitgeist, to feel like she's on the leading edge, but in such a way that there's this buffer of detachment so that she is resistant to a lot of criticisms such this post.
  If she's just saying "thing bad" in general terms then nobody is pushed to ask what the fuck she's doing to address it and for a lot of people who aren't extremely engaged in politics, they aren't going to connect the dots so when someone criticises her opportunism that less-engaged person is gonna be like "What? She said it's bad and it has to go. I don't see why your criticising her; she's on your side, dummy."
  It's also convenient because the memory of this will quickly fade and most people won't recall the exact timing, so even if there are people kicking up a stink right now it's almost guaranteed to slide into the memory hole in a matter of days or weeks. It sucks to say it and I wish that wasn't the case but that's just the reality of the situation.
  A big part of me actually making this post is so that it's searchable and the info is recorded somewhat permanently.
  I'm yapping again but I think this stuff is really important agitation work for us to do to push people further left and to get them to divorce with liberalism and "reformism" (or performative gestures about someone needing to do reform, which is even more dismal and exactly what's going on here).
  If Kamala Harris looks set to lose and it's a foregone conclusion then if AOC makes another vague "somebody should do something" statement like "We need to abolish the electoral college", which I could absolutely imagine her doing, we can build up a casefile on her bullshit strategy of attempting to ride the wave of popular sentiment into the ~~Shite~~ White House by making statements that give people a sense of validation.
hey so does that candidate you're boosting have that in their platform or nah?
- Harris dropped it to appeal to Republicans lol. Same with Harris saying that immigrants are bringing drugs and crime during the presidential debate. She was basically quoting Trump's infamous 2016 speech on immigrants that ignited his presidential run during the debate to try own Trump. Absolutely bizzare behaviour.
  
  Absolutely bizzare behaviour
  the most coherent thing i've heard (somewhere on here but i don't recall who) is that democrats treat every lead in polls as an excuse to pivot right, they want to win as narrowly as possible to govern as ineffectually or right-wing as practicable, while holding their own electorate hostage.
she could have at least mention that the dems dropping the abolition of the death penalty was wrong, but i guess having morals is hard
The state is doing what the rank and file innocent death row inmates are asking for.
As always, talk is cheap.
Goddam I can't stand her. Holy shit. She's such a grifter.
Come on lol
Alternate Universe Honest AOC
We must abolish the death penalty. Like and subscribe and vote! lmao.
supply-side progressive
- that chick
  sadly need to inform you that using the word "chick" has unfortunate misogynistic tones – why are we referring to an adult woman with the word for a baby animal?
  excising it from my own vocabulary is a fucking challenge. it is in heavy use in my extended family and was one of my late sister's favorite words, and learning how it comes across to some other women was a real bummer.
  
  I agree. It's a hard habit to break when it's decades-deep embedded into your vocabulary.
  That said: I don't know how anyone can stand that woman.
She could rally people against the genocide her country is committing too. But nah, can't do that. Need that AIPAC money.

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