Where did he say uncritical support? It’s starkly between people being able to live and killing people by their benefits cut. I don’t think the latter is a leftist thing.
On Tuesday, February 4, 2025, Mark Lause via groups.io <markalause= gmail....@groups.io> wrote: > Right. People critical of the uncritical support Honest John wanted us to > extend to the Democrats never warned about Trump and MAGA. > > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2025, 7:56 PM John Edmundson via groups.io <johnedmundson4= > gmail....@groups.io> wrote: > >> The people you disparage as "Marxists" or "those on this list who think >> they are Marxists" didn't call for a vote for Trump; they just argued >> against lesser evilism and illusions in the Democratic Party. It's hard to >> do that while simultaneously calling on people to vote for Democratic Party >> lesser evilism. So for example, instead of simply complaining that Trump is >> planning to send 30,000 people to Guantanamo, someone posted to this list >> an article that showed how Biden and past Democrat administrations helped >> enable that. >> >> The enemy is not Trump and his self serving cabal. It's the whole damned >> system. So yes, of course everyone on this list knew Trump would be awful. >> It's just that some didn't prioritize buying into the corrupt and >> anti-democratic duopoly that is US electoral politics. >> >> If there is an upsurge of radicalism in the US, I doubt it will reject >> those who condemned the Democrats while gravitating only to those who >> focused on Trump. >> >> Comradely, >> John >> >> On Wed, 5 Feb 2025, 14:02 John Reimann via groups.io, <1999wildcat= >> gmail....@groups.io> wrote: >> >>> Trump is now saying openly that the Palestinians in Gaza should leave >>> and that Gaza real estate should be developed. This is no surprise as it >>> was the position of Kushner all along and there was never any reason to >>> doubt it was Trump's position also. When added to everything else that is >>> going on - Trump's appointees, his release of 1500 violent fascist >>> organizers, the takeover of the Treasury by the Nazi saluting Musk... too >>> much to enumerate there.... I'm wondering if those brilliant "Marxist" >>> geniuses who spent the election period denouncing Harris with hardly a >>> warning about Trump, those supporters of Palestine who did the same... I'm >>> wondering if any of them are having second thoughts. I'm wondering if any >>> of them are thinking "well, maybe I should have at least spent equal time >>> warning against, trying to prepare for MAGA and Trump, never mind actually >>> trying to keep him out." Well, actually, naah, I'm not wondering very much. >>> >>> Here is a special bonus deal for those on this list who think they are >>> Marxists - a video I did today. I'm sure you'll enjoy it to the hilt (not). >>> https://youtu.be/686yGlleNDU?si=ilP5xK2SC_8ip1pQ >>> >>> -- >>> *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling >>> Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook >>> >> > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#35023): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/35023 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/111004330/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
