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Leonard Pierce
@leonardpierce.bsky.social
Marxist, wife guy, ne'er-do-well. Concerned with words, generally. Chicago-based eating enthusiast. Possibly Jewish? Crime, baseball, communism.
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It's really amazing that whenever I try to have a good-faith, fact-based, historical conversation with liberals, they so often go from 0 to "you are a privileged idiot who never does any political work, and probably hates Jews" in two or three posts. This place really DOES have the juice!

A person saying "You are making it very clear your only experience with social action is posting through it. How about go out and do something? Not show up at a rally or protest, get involved. Learn the other forms of action, what works where and why." To me!
The same person saying "To be clear, no one wants your glorious revolution. It's not going to happen because no one wants it. Some lefty version of J6 is not in the cards. You just have to start working for it. That means learning basic civics, social action, how it all works." To me!
This person moving on to saying "You think Dobbs and the Trump immunity decision would've happened? You really are very privileged. Please stop speaking for people who are effected by your decisions. Try listening to them instead. Or maybe you're a poor conspiratorial antisemite who thinks there's a cabal. There is not." To me!
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Takes like this always get a lot of juice but it’s just not true. Broad lack of support for any candidate, party, or system of government is a marker that people think of it as illegitimate, and lack of legitimacy is a huge sign of vulnerability.

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LIBERALS: Listen to leaders of color LEADERS OF COLOR: /comprise 100% of US congresspeople opposing arms sales to Israel LIBERALS: Do not listen to these people

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Good ol' ultra-liberal California, where reliable Democratic rule has turned the whole state into a commie hippie paradise

California wants to lead on AI regulation, just not right now
California wants to lead on AI regulation, just not right now

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Well well well if it isn't a certain economic system exploiting children for the pleasure of the bourgeois and ensuring its market expansion by helping morally savage hustlers be rid of a population they might otherwise have to pay to support

Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen

Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.

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Man people really out there trying to make Chappell Roan into their next personal Susan Sarandon

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Me when I eat a Chicago dog

Superman saying "Delicious! Tasty! It's super! America must learn to love that hot dog -- and I'll make that possible!" while two chefs in toques look on with pleasure
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Leonard Pierce
@leonardpierce.bsky.social
Marxist, wife guy, ne'er-do-well. Concerned with words, generally. Chicago-based eating enthusiast. Possibly Jewish? Crime, baseball, communism.
1.3k followers394 following4.7k posts