Rep. Jayapal on Recent Death Threat & Gun Violence Epidemic: Take Away Tools of Violent Racists

[Uncle Joe]

[lapucelle]

1. Doesn't Democracy Now feature anti-Democratic Party garbage by third party spoiler Ralph Nader?

Has Nader taken responsibility and apologized yet for his instrumental role in ushering in the Bush presidency, the Iraq War, the Roberts Court, the Samuel Alito appointment, the Citizens United decision, the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, and the overturn of Roe n Wade?

Remember how Nader sold the storyline that winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for environmental activism Al Gore was "the lesser of two evils"? We'll all long be paying the price for Nader's ego-driven narcissism, as he rolls merrily along having made a lucrative career out of dividing our Party.

No, Nader still hasn't taken responsibility and apologized, but he still has the gall to write crap like this:

[paulkienitz]

3. blame James Harris of the Socialist Workers Party

after all, he got 562 votes in Florida -- enough to decide the election.

[lapucelle]

4. Nader's opportatunistic publicity blitz established "lesser or two evils" talking point,

but thanks for chiming in!

[paulkienitz]

5. dude, that talking point is a lot older than Nader

[lapucelle]

6. Wait...what? RF spoilers like Nader were calling Al Gore "the lesser of two evils" before 1934?

[paulkienitz]

7. not Gore, but democrats in general

...or Republicans, back when they were the more liberal party. I found examples back to 1889 at least, and could probably go back a lot further if it were worth taking the time.

[lapucelle]

8. ...

N.B.

[paulkienitz]

2. guns are the concrete expression of white privilege

and I would bet that second amendment enthusiasm correlates strongly with racism.

I'd always wondered who all these gun stockpilers were thinking they'd need to shoot -- the Chinese army, or zombies, or their own neighbors trying to take their survival buckets after civilization collapses... but I now think the answer is often that they're planning for a possible race war.