Liberals Eating Their Own (ranty/thinky/political)

[osirusbrisbane]

I've heard the phrase before, but it does seem like lately, a lot of people on the far-left want to savage some left-wing people for not being far left enough.

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[idealforcolors]

Do you think this is a new thing or just a thing that gets amplified by social media and the echo chambers it puts us into? I vote #2 because I haven't seen very much of this myself, apart from from my in-laws who have serious leftist cred (like, dropped out of school in the 60s to help organize migrant farm workers, went to jail with their priest for civil disobedience, spent years in near-poverty running a homeless shelter while raising kids of their own, etc.) and identify as "radicals, not liberals". (Yeah, I think they're awesome and just wish I had their conviction and courage.)

[osirusbrisbane]

I think the social media echoes definitely amplify it, but it may also be relatively new. That is to say, I think in the past there were still people mumbling to themselves (or a friend) "I wish person X had done more to forward our cause," but I don't think it came with the sense of entitlement that seems to run rampant today. It seems like it's gone from mere dissatisfaction to a more aggressive sense of "Shame on that person for not saying what I want like they OUGHT to! Fail!", which I don't feel like was the case a few decades back, although admittedly I had a much smaller nexus of voices I was listening to.

[g_me]

Wow. I think you really nailed it here. I wish more people were more reasonable, like you are being in this post, and like I find you to be in general. I can't believe the hate-slinging that's gone down amongst democrats about the primaries.