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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
To give a bit more context, this is the relevant blurb:
So it sounds like nobody in the Biden camp actually called progressives terrorists and this Rocketto woman is just speculating that such a thing could happen. Were it in the headline instead of the very beginning of the article I'd call this clickbait on Politico's part.
Fixed
Edited by PhysicalStamina on Nov 19th 2020 at 9:48:14 AM
i'm tired, my friendI can’t find anything indicating that the person who said that is a Biden staffer, they’re simply identified as a “Democrat strategist” and their Twitter bio makes no reference to working for Biden (which you’d think it would if they did).
So they’re not a Biden staffer and they didn’t call left wing people terrorists, they’re a Democrat strategist who speculated that other people might call left-wing people terrorists if left-wing people act a particular way.
Edited by Silasw on Nov 19th 2020 at 2:49:01 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranLike it or not, the phrase has entered common parlance as shorthand for "we don't respond to aggressive demands". She's also clearly describing what could happen in public opinion if escalation continues, not actually calling progressives terrorists.
Edited by RedSavant on Nov 19th 2020 at 9:50:09 AM
It's been fun.Yeah, claiming that she called progressives terrorists is hugely misleading and anyone who seriously is pushing the narrative that she is is being deliberately inflammatory.
She's just voicing a personal fear that progressives adopting excessively militant rhetoric might cause some overly sensitive people to have kneejerk reactions to them, and that it's as much of a Take That! at the latter as it is at progressives, assuming she's even taking a swipe at progressives at all.
At the most uncharitable it could be seen as a piece of respectability politics, but at the same time it's also got a point in taking a swipe at the kinds of ideological purists who want everything or nothing at all to the point that they're on a path towards accelerationism.
Edited by AlleyOop on Nov 19th 2020 at 10:02:01 AM
It's definitely irresponsible reporting, but also, if you don't want to be called an extremist, don't make absolute demands. Acknowledge that systems of government are built on compromise.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"That's hard when the demand is, "I don't want to die."
see Black Lives Matter and most sexual minorities.
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.It’s highlighted because it stokes outrage and shares, which clearly works, as the sentence just got them *does count* 10+ hits on their site from this thread alone.
Edited by Silasw on Nov 19th 2020 at 2:58:02 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe relevant part of the article, I don't think is misleading? She literally chooses to frame Progressives pushing for too much by directly comparing it to negotiating with terrorists.
Anyway, I was under the impression she was working with Biden, even if she's not she's a Democratic strategist and I think my point still stands.
Edited by AzurePaladin on Nov 19th 2020 at 10:41:09 AM
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -FighteerYeah I think that’s the only one they won, and it wasn’t to stand closer than election rules allowed them, just closer than COVID distancing measures allowed them. I don’t think they’ve successfully challenged any actual election related rules.
Your incorrect claim that she is a Biden staffer (well multiple staffers) seems to be relevant as you included it as a key point in your post.
Edited by Silasw on Nov 19th 2020 at 3:40:16 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

Do love Biden staffers calling Progressives terrorists, very cool.
Almost like all their calls about "You can push him left!" were thinly veiled lies or something.
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer