My entire point is that the movie pokes holes in each individual piece of evidence so that alone you can be like “ok maybe that isn’t decisive” but that in reality this is not how you look at things. Maybe one piece of evidence is wrong. But 9 pieces that all tell the same story?

I was watching 12 ANGRY MEN last night which you might not have seen in a while but I imagine you remember the premise and the thing is the defendant on trial in that movie is obviously fucking guilty lol

Many funny elements here but my favorite is the idea that the left has lots of widely popular accomplishments in the US. Like what? Social security and Medicare? Popular programs put forward by liberal presidents the left complained bitterly about?

Communism killed like a hundred million people

Is popular anger against Indians exploding or are there like 1,000 mentally ill rightists ranting on twitter?

If China invades Taiwan I think we should send in the 7th fleet and fuck ‘em up real good but if we’re not in the mood for that and we let the reds occupy Taiwan I think we should let the Taiwanese people come and live here if they want.

Social media was a mistake but at the same time I don’t know how people come on here and don’t end up being centrists. Half my feed is leftists talking about how we deserve 9/11 and the other half is people mad that men can be cheerleaders.

Why would matt yglesias suggest that the left, which spent all day having a little conniption fit because an Atlantic writer started a group blog with her friends on Substack, is not seriously focused on policies?

I think that the main difference between “the left” and “liberals” is that “the left” thinks America is bad. There are other differences but the main one is that operating thesis of “the left” is that America is bad and should be sorry. For what? Glad you asked. Everything.

If the left was truly serious about Palestine then I think they would approach possible solutions took Israeli concerns seriously since Israel will have to agree to a resolution to the conflict. But they don’t do that. They dismiss their concerns.