There is a particular kind of frustration that only comes from watching people with enormous platforms claim to speak for a movement they neither understand nor genuinely represent. It is not just disagreement. It is not even simple ideological distance. It is the exhaustion of watching the same three men repeatedly posture as the conscienceContinue reading “The Three Stooges of the American Online âLeftâ”
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Where Are All the Leftists? The Silence Around HasanAbiâs Dog Controversy
Itâs honestly been bothering me â the near-total silence from leftists and progressives about the HasanAbi dog situation. Like, where is everyone? Where are all the people who claim to care about compassion, about justice, about standing up for the voiceless? Because right now, it feels like the only people openly discussing the alleged mistreatmentContinue reading “Where Are All the Leftists? The Silence Around HasanAbiâs Dog Controversy”
When Compassion Gets Dismissed
Iâve been thinking a lot lately about something that happened in the wake of Charlie Kirkâs death. Two people I knew online, one a good friend of mine and the other just an acquaintance through that friend, had a falling out over the whole thing. And honestly, I wasnât surprised. Not because I wanted itContinue reading “When Compassion Gets Dismissed”