• ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    3 months ago

    That was actually my take at the time.

    He was gonna Lib out, but lets be frank, would him fucking Tankie posting really help him win this campaign? Outside of us and some weird old Maoists left over from the anti-Vietnam era, every “leftist” in this country is Lib as fuck.

    Critical support I guess.

    • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      42
      ·
      3 months ago

      He didn’t have to say this, it doesn’t help his campaign at all. It wasn’t even prompted. He said this because he believes it, because he’s an American chauvinist social democrat.

      • ConcreteHalloween [none/use name]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        15
        ·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, I guess at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter.

        He’s not even running for that influential of a position. IDK why everyone makes such a big deal about it either way. Rather he wins than Cuomo but that’s damning with faint praise.

        • LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          14
          ·
          3 months ago

          He’s not even running for that influential of a position. IDK why everyone makes such a big deal about it either way. Rather he wins than Cuomo but that’s damning with faint praise.

          I agree with you. I just think many people think of him as a leftist leader, which is both wrong and harmful.

    • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      3 months ago

      yeah he hasn’t backed off of the busses, grocery stores, and rent freeze (yet?) so he’s still the best serious candidate in untold decades. that’s not praise, the bar is just under the hudson.