It's pretty rare that a "reform" post at Bluesky does any numbers at all. But Schumer farts out a "Somebody should do something!" post and the liberals/progressives actually believe in the nonsense he might actually do something. If a top Bluesky account posted "Call your senators to shitcan Schumer." - I think the general response would be very hostile and the tone would be "We must be unified."

And I think that account gets 1,000s of unfollows within 24 hours. The same goes for Jeffries.

AOC

If one day she became president - she will have changed so much she might as well be Kamala 2.0.

"strongly worded statements"

I can't believe the dems can't even update their messaging. It's like their forever go-to move is waving a white flag vigorously.

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I know this is gonna sound out of context by taking the struggle for black liberation in the US and doing a "but what about the white people??" but hear me out. It recalls MLK laid out in Letter from a Birmingham Jail:

First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action”; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a “more convenient season.”

This policing of a struggle for justice was so effective and it made white progressives feel so secure from the threat of people of color having rights and status in society equal to them that I swear they internalized it, or at least the progressive political structure internalized it, and now this sentiment has festered to the point that it gets used against even the most Milquetoast reformist who calls for any change whatsoever.

It's basically the imperial boomerang effect taking place entirely within the imperial core.

"Shut up and vote dem. You can push for change at a later date - I agree with what you're calling for but now is not the time to demand that we abolish ICE. The most important thing right now is to vote for the pro-ICE candidate to get Trump out of office."

maybe-later-kiddo

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 4 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

"The most important thing right now is to vote for the pro-ICE candidate to get Trump out of office."

I wonder how many dems running in 2026 will actually say stuff like "I'm a proud democrat. But we need border security. When I was in the Marines we had a saying - 'Secure the perimeter...' "

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 3 points 2 hours ago

I already know of one candidate who said "we need a strong border because without borders we aren't a country"

And I'm thinking "so what?" I don't get patriotism at all. It's a chunk of land I was born in, big whoop!

[–] ReadFanon@hexbear.net 3 points 20 hours ago

Given the number of military veterans that are coming out of the woodwork to run under the dem ticket while centering the need for more ~~treats~~ benefits for veterans, it feels like we're at the most mere months away from this happening.