I didn’t call you or anyone else in this thread a tankie, because I actually agree with the premise that Lemmy could benefit from a more collaborative culture.

Then tell the people who supported genocide for a solid year. Oh wait. You agree with them about 100% of everything and wonder why I’m so hung up on a little genocide.

Progressives have been betrayed by the party for decades. We’ve watched the party come up with constant procedural bullshit to throw in their own way to block progressive policy for decades. And then we watched them ignore actual law because they wanted, dearly wanted netanyahu to have his genocide. And because we had the temerity to be upset at genocide, we’re being blamed for the loss democrats refused to let go of their only actual policy to avoid.

I don’t think there is any daylight between us when it comes to Trump or unions or healthcare or LGBTQ+ or protecting online speech or most other things.

Democrats slow-walked the trump investigations out of an unwillingness to pursue justice. They happily broke the rail strike. They let republicans set the narrative on trans people and did nothing to challenge that narrative at best, and actively participated in it by running republicans’ hateful “boys in girls sports” talking point in their own ads at worst. Their actions run contrary to their stated positions.

I don’t consider you an enemy at all, and I hope you think the same about me.

You have made it clear that you don’t want me to talk about topics on which we differ, on the grounds that expecting accountability from democrats is “divisive.”