Folks demanding political / ideological purity fail to see that this is no longer a movement belonging to the left / liberals. This is an opposition against fascism. By definition it must be big tent. Failure to grasp this: see divided oppositions in Eastern Europe as your failed examples.

Why doesn't "stop purity testing" ever apply to libs screaming at leftists for not voting for Kamala (whether they even did or not)

there was a long time where I thought I would never write queer tragedy because it was all we had, but I'm feeling expansive and chafing against the idea that I'm betraying my community by accessing the full spectrum of human feeling and pain

That's a factoid that gets passed around. Tear gas is only a violation of the Geneva Convention because any gas/chemical weapon could contain anything. Since you can't tell if it has a neurotoxin or something it could lead to a deadly retaliation and escalation in war.

The photos in the New York Times also don’t give any sense of the scale.

Would you know that millions of people showed up across the country?

A common refrain in the US among normie immigration-skeptics, going back decades now, has been "I don't mind them coming, but they should come legally." It's interesting to me that this line has largely disappeared from contemporary anti-immigrant discourse in favor of outright racist bigotry. Why?

A common refrain in the US among normie immigration-skeptics, going back decades now, has been "I don't mind them coming, but they should come legally." It's interesting to me that this line has largely disappeared from contemporary anti-immigrant discourse in favor of outright racist bigotry. Why?

btw when i say the devs were smoking that good and this game deserves to share the spotlight with the all time kusoge greats i mean it. this doesnt even mention that the final boss is a cutscene and you blow into the mic to run from battles