I genuinely can’t think of a better example of a modern day sophist than Jordan Peterson.

• Mamdani: doesn’t say something
• media: “do you condemn this thing you’ve never said?”
• Mamdani: “that’s not language that I use. I believe in universal human rights, including for Israelis and Palistinians. I’ve heard firsthand from jewish people their experiences and fears regarding antisemitism. This is why I’ve committed to increasing funding for anti-hate crime programming by 800%. Unlike Trump, I will not police speech. I will speak with my actions by protecting jewish New Yorkers.”
• Media here and everywhere else: “YA HEARD IT HERE FOLKS MAMDANI IS ANTISEMITIC” 🙄 give me a break, who the hell listens to this garbage

The media is explicitly complicit in the rise of authoritarianism. I’d highly recommend the book “manufacturing consent”, it should be required reading for all Americans at this point.

jfc. And here I was thinking that that audio clip of Ken Martin literally fucking crying at David Hogg would amount to anything. These people have the utmost contempt for their constituents, it is absolutely ridiculous. They would LITERALLY rather America succumb to a fascist takeover than begin to call out their own, or oppose their corporate donors. The average democratic voter has more balls and patriotism than these people. Words cannot describe how insanely livid this makes me, neolibs can suck my fucking balls.