the courage of stars

“when asked if she would perform a preemptive nuclear strike on Iran, Kamala did not say no” and Trump said he would bomb Iran out of existence without being asked. lol. typed it out and posted it on his own little social media site. why are you still doing the ‘Kamala was going to be the WAR president she LOVED WAR’ while the Trump White House is making plans to invade Cuba

The truth of it was they knew Harris was never going to nuke Iran, what she was more likely to do was increase aid to Ukraine 🇺🇦, maybe even more overtly help out Ukraine 🇺🇦, and that terrified them, not because they thought (save for the dumbest of them) it would escalate conflict, but because they know that would have been the right thing to do

"Whether someone understands it or not, these are the consequences of the political views they're espousing" is a pretty important analysis tool for online movements because quite honestly, over half of everyone engaging in politics online have no foundations for the stuff they're saying and are just saying whatever makes them feel like a member of an in-group.

If your in-group is "the left" you're very much not immune to this. In fact, trying to do left-wing politics without even trying to build a foundational political understanding is a great way to end up as a neo-nazi with a tumblr accent rather than an effective left-wing advocate.