"Progressives should not make the same mistake that Ernst ThƤlmann made in 1932. The leader of the German Communist Party, ThƤlmann saw mainstream liberals as his enemies, and so the center and left never joined forces against the Nazis. ThƤlmann famously said that ā€˜some Nazi trees must not be allowed to overshadow a forestā€™ of social democrats, whom he sneeringly called ā€˜social fascists.ā€™

After Adolf Hitler gained power in 1933, ThƤlmann was arrested. He was shot on Hitlerā€™s orders in Buchenwald concentration camp in 1944."

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      Throw your vote awayā€¦wipe Palestine off the mapā€¦increase prices by 20% across the boardā€¦make sure womenā€™s healthcare is never again a choice in this nation.

      I hope your high horse can carry you over the flaming wreck thatā€™ll be the USA when your boy or girl doesnā€™t get 1% but manages to swing the vote in those battleground states.

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        I donā€™t know what youā€™re going on about. Thereā€™s nearly no Palestine remaining to begin with. Thereā€™s very few remaining standing structures left in Gaza. The unlimited amounts of money and weapons Biden/Harris has provided has allow Netanyahu to ā€˜finish the job.ā€™ And if heā€™s not able to finish the job by January, Harris is already committed more money and weapons to him to allow him to finish it.

        Iā€™m not concerned about that possible fictitious 20% that may happen when weā€™re living right now with stagnant wages, unaffordable housing, no access to healthcare or education. While they have you terrified of things that might happen, youā€™re actively ignoring whatā€™s going on right now, but thatā€™s the entire intent of distracting you from the now.

        If you havenā€™t been paying attention, womenā€™s health care lost their rights to reproductive care during a Biden administration. They fucked around for 50 years and found out. But abortion being a states rights issue is what Biden had advocated his entire Congressional career.

        If your party was so concerned, they should have made an effort to earn my vote. But even if they had tried, genocide is the red line for a majority of people with any type of conscious or morals.

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            End of democracy while you are demanding everyone support a candidate thatā€™s never won an election, primary, or electoral vote, that was appointed with no contest?

            Cool story bro

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              Ahhā€¦the Trumpster fire reveals itā€™s self.

              Itā€™s only a matter of time before the weird conservative talking points start popping out in these debates.

              Nice try. How does dog taste btw?