The more I look at Tumblr Leftist responses to the election, the more it looks like someone who is deflecting blame from the person who is abusing them to protect themselves. They will forgive republicans for everything. They will forgive conservatives for everything. They will look the other fucking way as they burn down everything.
It’s all the fault of the democrats for not being perfect. If the democrats were perfect, this would not be happening.
Fawn, turn away, deflect, blame the people who are trying to fight the ones who are hurting you.
Your conservative father—your conservative Christian family—will never love you. Stop parroting their bullshit.
I kept thinking about this when I saw the antisemitism on the left. They will go after the outsider or minority before they even think about turning on the conservatives at home. They will spout the most antisemetic bullshit before considering the contributions their own relatives are making to keep the genocide going.
They keep asking for Democratic politicians to act like despots and strong men.
I no longer think they want a democracy or even socialism. That requires independence and hard work.
Leftism in this space isn’t socialist, it’s not about community, it’s not about saving lives. It’s authoritarianism with communist sparkle. Stalinism by another name.
They want Left Trump.
They want a demagogue who will love them.