First Q in Sioux City for Elizabeth Warren from audience: "Why did you undergo the DNA testing and give Donald Trump more fodder to be a bully?"— MJ Lee (@mj_lee) January 5, 2019
― j., Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:57 (five years ago) link
medicare / social security for all -- birth to the earth
― reggie (qualmsley), Saturday, 5 January 2019 16:59 (five years ago) link
I think it means pundits like Osita don't want to give up saying harsh things about the Democrats just yet, despite having a lot of Dems in office the cosplay left claims to like.— Allosaurus Golden (@immortal_sea) January 4, 2019
Democrats have been acting in a way canonical memes didn’t anticipate, and that means a lot of people are gonna have to make shit up to stay on brand.— Santa is a cop (@agraybee) January 4, 2019
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 17:16 (five years ago) link
what are canonical memes
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:43 (five years ago) link
How have you found the only twitter accounts worse than dennis perrin
― Jeff Bathos (symsymsym), Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
very carefully
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link
yeah the accounts you choose to highlight are pretty bizarre
― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 January 2019 18:58 (five years ago) link
No not at all.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
ok
― k3vin k., Saturday, 5 January 2019 19:07 (five years ago) link
What is cosplay left? People like AOC, Ro Khanna, Bernie? Or am i misreading
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:40 (five years ago) link
No real interest in tone or 'civility' one way or the other, but strong messaging and vision is always good, give people something tangible and don't apologize for it
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
ppl with limited political imaginations think of anyone even approaching a genuinely left stance as cosplaying
― resident hack (Simon H.), Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:45 (five years ago) link
Is: Cosplay left = Podcast left?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 5 January 2019 21:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah or online left and some pundits.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:01 (five years ago) link
Hard shots about the cosplay left from, uh... Allosaurus Golden.
― louise ck (milo z), Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:03 (five years ago) link
I dont get it, whats wrong w AOC etc? I dont listen to podcasts
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
I don't think AOC is included among the cosplay left in that tweet?
― Frederik B, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
Ah ok, some of these things are so dense/compressed its difficult to know whats going on. It seems good to me that there are people with good policies and say what they are and dont feel need to hide them or apologize for them
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
oh wait, that Sailor Moon girl! at a Bernie convention or something? when she got abushed by Infowars and said "I just want free healthcare honey" that was really good. I can get behind that, sign me up for cosplay left, I'm in!
― anvil, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:15 (five years ago) link
Yeah again, AOC/ actual politicians and activists aren’t really included in that. It’s a criticism of punditry like Nwanevu’s upthread.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Saturday, 5 January 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link
Sometimes I wonder if people even have the attention span to read entire threads or content themselves with the first tweet and call it a day
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
tbf reading one tweet > reading more than one tweet
― twitter is bad not good (||||||||), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:57 (five years ago) link
Ppl want to write essays they should get a weblog
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 00:59 (five years ago) link
Yes, those weblogs! All the rage these days I hear
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:05 (five years ago) link
disgusting that AOC’s college dancing is major news and yet bernie’s own dancing video received no criticism pic.twitter.com/1oazDqgFN8— atlas slugged ☭ (@generalslug) January 4, 2019
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
har
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 01:27 (five years ago) link
I was struck that Warren, a co-sponsor of Medicare for All legislation, did not mention it at her first two Iowa events. Asked if the omission was intentional: pic.twitter.com/NTxjNSQbPP— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) January 5, 2019
this is some zen shit right here
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 02:50 (five years ago) link
that's some non-English shit right there
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 6 January 2019 02:56 (five years ago) link
the next play: "you're responsible for your followers"
Hi @AOC. Happy to continue this debate on the Floor of the People’s House, but it’s clearly not productive to engage here with some of your radical followers. #StayClassy pic.twitter.com/lZCO3oiLUZ— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 6, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 06:52 (five years ago) link
Eh, those tweets are horrifying? Also, I bet AOC is getting similarly bad things, so she would come out of that discussion a winner anyway.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:03 (five years ago) link
Fred c'mon even you know this is a bullshit line of attack.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:18 (five years ago) link
Oh come on, don't pretend you don't get it.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:21 (five years ago) link
I "get it" in the sense of knowing how nakedly cynical and completely out of AOC's control it is
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:34 (five years ago) link
(totally separate side note, speaking just for myself: if Scalise perished in a fresh hail of gunfire I'd fucking laugh)
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 January 2019 08:46 (five years ago) link
me, a moderate: it would depend on the context of the hail of gunfire
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Sunday, 6 January 2019 09:14 (five years ago) link
Fuck Steve Scalise.
those tweets are horrifying
Not even a little. The "kick his cane" one made me laugh.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 6 January 2019 10:57 (five years ago) link
1) Nobody can stop a few idiots from being idiots, and it's not at all AOCs fault. But she could still say something, and she should. Because speaking out against this shit is a good idea, and because AOC would win this fight. This is a white male Republican saying that he is getting shit from a WOC. She would win this fight.
2) The dirtbag left can't on the one hand claim that politics should be about setting libidinal energies free and shouting and fighting, and then wash their hands when someone goes to far. Come on. Either it's bullshit or it's not. And fair enough if you think it's ok, but a lot of people don't.
3) Everyone remembers 2016, and everyone knows this bullshit will be pointed in the direction of Kamala or Beto as soon as they are perceived as standing in the way of the great Bernie. A lot of people know they are going to be on the wrong end of this bullshit once again. So stop being disingenuous, and pretend they are showing a bad temperament, or that shouting at each other is somehow a prerequisite for passing M4A.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 12:09 (five years ago) link
literally nobody working with a president imprisoning immigrant children to die in the desert gets to be mad about name-calling. no more fuckin "play nice" crap, these people are vile monsters and can clutch their fuckin pearls elsewhere
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 6 January 2019 15:14 (five years ago) link
neither beto nor kamala nor anybody else will lose one vote by refusing to play the 'high road' game. they will, in fact, gain voters & donations if they call that shit out for what it is.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Sunday, 6 January 2019 15:15 (five years ago) link
cosign 100%
fuck off Fred
― sleeve, Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
People look at twitter way too much. It doesn't even cross my mind to look at it directly.
― Yerac, Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:32 (five years ago) link
Treat it like a solar eclipse.
― Yerac, Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:33 (five years ago) link
otm
its good for dog videos and seeing what ilxors are up to and stuff but otherwise youre just killing yourself quicker reading it
― topical mlady (darraghmac), Sunday, 6 January 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
Obviously if she responds she may have to say something along the lines of “I don’t condone that” etc but I don’t know that AOC should be forced to take responsibility for posts she didn’t make. That’s not something the right wing politicians would want to be made a two way street. It would be hard may be a good opportunity to call out the tactic.
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:33 (five years ago) link
standing by for when lib media inevitably makes this her fault
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
“lib media”
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
I don’t know that AOC should be forced to take responsibility for posts she didn’t make. That’s not something the right wing politicians would want to be made a two way street.
Exactly. Any response beyond "Condemn random Twitter assholes? You first, motherfucker" would be an act of surrender. I don't get the feeling she's stupid enough to fall for that.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:36 (five years ago) link
Condemning random twitter assholes is one of the best things. Fuck them all.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:40 (five years ago) link
AOC doesn’t need to condemn anyone
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link
Also it is sort of comical that his immediate reply to her correcting his misleading tweet about tax rates was to say “hey look, some people who aren’t you were mean to me”
― Nerdstrom Poindexter, Sunday, 6 January 2019 17:41 (five years ago) link