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      23 hours ago

      The thread is talking about how it ought to be acceptable to criticise the Democratic party, and the reality of what you’re doing is needlessly deflecting back to Republicans in a context in which it’s irrelevant.

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          23 hours ago

          In a perfect world, people would stop feeling the need to redirect every criticism of Democrats into pointing out how someone else must be worse, and maybe realise Democrats as they exist and as the party is structured is an almost useless vehicle for any meaningful change or opposition.

          In a perfect world, liberals would stop idealising Democrats in the way they did in the post I was responding to, where they implied the Democratic alternative would save lives, after that party literally full throatedly endorsed genocide right up until they lost the election (and still do).