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generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social

It boils down to whether you think advances on Abortion/Climate/LGBTQA+/Labor are predicated on a functioning democracy.

sep 2, 2025, 6:19 pm • 0 0

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Kozu @kozufox.bsky.social

You think Liz Cheney is for for all those things because she's pro-democracy?

sep 2, 2025, 6:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social

Do you think Matt Yglesias is against most of those things?

sep 2, 2025, 6:26 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kozu @kozufox.bsky.social

He currently appears to think that several of those things run directly contrary to restoring a functional democracy.

sep 2, 2025, 6:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social

Doesn't "most" imply "not all"?

sep 2, 2025, 6:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kozu @kozufox.bsky.social

Is "keep abortion legal (because it's popular)" the defining characteristic of left-wing, to you? Because if so, lmao. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

sep 2, 2025, 6:36 pm • 0 0 • view
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generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social

Are you comfortable reducing U.S. politics to a series of purity tests? Or can you allow for multiple axes lmao

sep 2, 2025, 6:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kozu @kozufox.bsky.social

Is Liz Cheney left wing? Or is "supports abortion" not the only axis defining that term?

sep 2, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kozu @kozufox.bsky.social

Seems to me you're the one supporting purity tests, but from the right-wing point of view. I.E, even though MattY is vocally opposed to most left wing issues, the fact that he supports even one of them automatically makes him left wing because he failed the right wing purity test.

sep 2, 2025, 6:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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generic @chrismcneil.bsky.social

Is Matt Yglesias left wing? Because most of what he supports falls on the left of the US political divide? This is a very difficult question that we need to go in circles over.

sep 2, 2025, 6:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kozu @kozufox.bsky.social

He is currently opposed to every single one of the things you listed aside from abortion rights. bsky.app/profile/spla...

sep 2, 2025, 6:49 pm • 0 0 • view