This is the last post I am going to write on Luigi Mangione for a while, not because I have run out of things to say, honestly I could keep going, but because I think I have said what I actually came here to say, across all of these, and at some point repeating yourselfContinue reading “The Last One: I’d Rather Be Right Alone Than Wrong With Company”
Tag Archives: Political Tribalism
A Guess, Not a Diagnosis: Is the Online Left Drifting Right Without Noticing?
I want to be upfront before I even start this one, because I think it matters more here than it has in any of the previous posts, everything I am about to say is speculation, it is my best attempt to make sense of a pattern I keep watching play out, not a claim IContinue reading “A Guess, Not a Diagnosis: Is the Online Left Drifting Right Without Noticing?”
They Took the Account Down, Not the Argument
So it looks like my Tumblr, LuffyMonkey1227, is gone. I do not have confirmation of exactly why, Tumblr does not exactly hand out detailed explanations when an account disappears, but I have a pretty strong guess, and the guess is that a mass reporting campaign from people who did not like what I was sayingContinue reading “They Took the Account Down, Not the Argument”
The Missing Claim: Why MAGA Won’t Take Credit for a Guy Who Sounds Like One of Their Own
There is a detail sitting in plain sight in all of this that I have not seen enough people actually stop and sit with, and it is this, the political movement that would, on paper, have the most obvious claim to Luigi Mangione based on everything documented about his actual beliefs, has not claimed himContinue reading “The Missing Claim: Why MAGA Won’t Take Credit for a Guy Who Sounds Like One of Their Own”
Twenty Four Hours Later: Why Defending Luigi Mangione Is the Least Leftist Thing I’ve Watched the Online Left Do
It has been a day since I put the last piece up, and if anything the response has gotten weirder, not because anyone actually engaged with the substance of what I said, but because the mockery has just kept rolling in, the same laugh reacts, the same dismissive one liners, the same little chorus ofContinue reading “Twenty Four Hours Later: Why Defending Luigi Mangione Is the Least Leftist Thing I’ve Watched the Online Left Do”
The Populist Costume: How Luigi Mangione and Donald Trump Wear the Same Disguise
There is a peculiar kind of American theater that plays out whenever a rich person convinces enough people that they are, in fact, one of the little guys, and nowhere has that theater been performed with more success in the last decade than in the cases of Donald Trump and Luigi Mangione. On the surfaceContinue reading “The Populist Costume: How Luigi Mangione and Donald Trump Wear the Same Disguise”
The Script Is About To Flip, And Both Sides Are About To Be Wrong Again
I have another prediction, and I want to write it down now, in public, before it happens, so that when it does happen, and I think it will, there’s a record of someone calling it in advance instead of just nodding along after the fact like everyone always does. Here’s the prediction. If this trajectoryContinue reading “The Script Is About To Flip, And Both Sides Are About To Be Wrong Again”
Stop the “what if Obama” whataboutism
Both Sides Are Using Democratic Politicians As Whataboutism Punching Bags And It Needs To Stop There is a particular kind of argument that has become so common in American political discourse that most people do not even notice it anymore. It hides in plain sight. It shows up in comment sections, in dinner table arguments,Continue reading “Stop the “what if Obama” whataboutism”
Why I Believe MAGA Will Eventually Turn on ICE
One prediction I have about American politics is that eventually a significant portion of the MAGA movement is going to turn on ICE. Not all of them, of course. Political movements are rarely unanimous about anything. But I think there will come a moment when many of the same people who today defend ICE, praiseContinue reading “Why I Believe MAGA Will Eventually Turn on ICE”
🕸️ Web Wednesday #3 – May 21, 2025: “Loyal to a Fault – Trump Voters Hold the Line”
Video Analyzed:🎥 “Only 10% Of Trump Voters Say They Regret Their Vote”📺 Channel: Farron Balanced📅 Video Date: May 2, 2025🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ju_EC9_bw 🧠 Summary & Analysis:In this episode, Farron Cousins breaks down a new poll revealing that only 10% of Donald Trump voters regret their decision to reelect him, while another 16% express disappointment without outrightContinue reading “🕸️ Web Wednesday #3 – May 21, 2025: “Loyal to a Fault – Trump Voters Hold the Line””