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So do we take turns shoving our hands up his ass to make him speak?

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It’s almost like running to the center doesn’t convince those on the right of anything. No matter what you do anyone left of McCain or so will be a radical leftist. May as well be an actual leftist

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Always has been the case. IIRC, back in the 40’s during an early ‘Red Scare’ in the US, a massive union purged a lot of members that it suspected of being communists/communist sympathizers to try and appear as though they were not too leftist.

The union was accused of being communists anyway.

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Those purges were actually targeting communists.

The CIO was a communist-led organization from the 30’s to mid-40’s. Notable leaders in the CPUSA occupied top positions.

Gus Hall, the leader of the CPUSA throughout the “Cold War”, was the founder of the CIO’s United Steelworkers - the largest steelworkers union in the country. Hall spent the 50’s in prison under the under the Smith Act.

Harry Bridges, another top Communist Party leader, founded the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. He was stripped of his position as the CIO Regional Director & the ILWU was removed from the CIO during the Red Scare. He wasn’t tried under the Smith Act. Instead, the US pursued deportation.

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Sounds about right. I’m almost surprised they weren’t tried for treason, considering it was in the 50’s.

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Sounds about right. If there’s anything to learn from politics in the US it’s gotta be to just announce actually that you are communist and that it’s good actually. No playing games of defending against bad faith accusations.

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It turns out socialists and communists endorsing the “lesser of the two evils” makes us look like one of the “evils” in the eyes of the masses. Who could have possibly seen this coming?

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All the harm reduction voting muddies the waters. Especially if you go around saying you’re a leftist who voted for Biden. Self identified leftists need to stop voting for fucking Democrats, especially ones like Biden. If you do cuck yourself out shut the fuck up and don’t tell anyone about it. To us voting is a joke and is entry level political activity. To the general public voting is your entire political identity.

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I fuckin wish he would be

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What I wouldn’t give to go shoulder-deep into Biden so I could work his jaw to make the sounds “Medicare for All is good, Jack.”

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