in some ways i wonder if the institutional left-punching occurring over the past week is related to a fear that progressive organizing has begun to take place largely out of the party's direct control

April 09, 2026 - 15:40 UTC

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100%, this line of argument that the protestors from the pro-palestine movement have just left the scene, as opposed to them being joined by a broader contingent of the population and taking the battle off campus, is purely to try to prevent them from being seen as a vanguard force
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it's a party that understands its role: serving as a heat sink for leftist agitation
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There's also a steady beat of "all protesters were paid/duped by Russia/were secretly pro-Trump"
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Yeah, definitely, the left-punching tends to happen most often when they are feeling threatened
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hi! corporate centrist expert here

this is not funny, corporate centrists only do this when they’re in extreme distress
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You know it in your heart to be completely and utterly true!!
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