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@chrissick.bsky.social

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Cares about politics. Elitist asshole about bands and clothes and books. Writing a novel about this election happening right now. Publishing it on beehiiv: https://swamp.beehiiv.com/

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Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 1h

With you on the first response but less so on “demanding people reason from first principles”. I think it’s a request that people just… reason.

Is this symbolism useful? In this context? What am I signifying?

All seem like useful questions that don’t preclude one from dancing in a frog costume

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 1h

There’s gonna be a million frog dancers across the country on Saturday, which okay cool. Don’t think it hurts to encourage the costume wearers to ask to what end the dancing and costumes are for.

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe replicating that at Broadview is good, maybe in Tulsa, less so. But asking why it’s working in Portland seems useful and considering those causes before replicating it seems helpful tactically…

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Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 1h

Maybe I’m being overly charitable but the central point to me was to think critically—it’s worth asking why dancing frogs in Portland; the answer, I think, has as much to do with the regime’s apocalyptic rhetoric as it does Portland’s specific character and culture

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 1h

I think there’s a fair warning in there about cosplay resistance stemming from, y’know, we’re talking about actual costumes.

I read Talia as saying folks should think my critically about tactics and not just mindlessly repeat what works elsewhere…

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 2h

When I see a big name account with ~350k followers naming (but not tagging) someone they want to dunk on with a fifth of their audience I always adroitly assume it is the small, independent journalist who is vexed, of course.

Clearly

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 6h

Anyway the Black friend is now a fairly successful film director so I don’t think he actually needed the advice

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 6h

Think that dude was just dumb, and the story is the funniest racist thing I witnessed there but not the most racist—that overwhelmingly came from the military veteran students 🥴

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Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 6h

In 2012 in an Ivy League classroom I watched, in awe and fear, as a traditional undergraduate forcefully argued with a friend, who is Black, that he needed to “set aside those issues” so he could properly appreciate the technical successes of “Triumph of the Will”

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Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 7h

And if you think my final sentence justifies your point, ask yourself why you’re comparing the second most powerful elected Democrat to any old random voter and the incumbent presidential candidate to a candidate for mayor

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 7h

I mean, maybe Harris (and Biden and Jeffries and Schumer and the whole party) should’ve taken that into consideration and met with, listened to, and responded to uncommitted’s concerns rather than spectacularly blown them off

No one owes a politician a vote

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 8h

Do you understand what either of those movements were about? Both were very thoughtfully strategic about sending a message without weakening a candidate’s chance of winning (against Trump).

These attempted gotchas are so idiotic

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 8h

We either care about democracy or we fucking don’t and I kinda already know what side Schumer and Jeffries are on on that one and it’s not the right one

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 8h

The DSA doesn’t say “vote blue no matter who”. Establishment Democrats say that in response to every critique from their base, then turn around and pull this shit when DSA wins.

Mamdani is the Democratic nominee, there is literally no justification for party leaders in NYC to not support him

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 8h

You’re correct—Jeffries ongoing lack of any leadership and continued failure to join the massive, popular coalition Mamdani is building does make him look weak, just at a time when we need strong opposition to Republicans

Sick @chrissick.bsky.social · 2d

Found this take totally randomly. Would agree post, I dunno 2008 GFC. Previously I think there’s a good case for them offering space and instruction to a wide range of voices (even with rampant discrimination of college admins at any point in history)