[BitwiseFool]

>"Please distinguish between Democratic Party and actual leftism."

I am so tired of this trope. Nothing is ever 'true leftism' and yet everything that opposes 'the left' is automatically binned as authoritarian, fascist, hard-right, *-ist, etc.

[jessaustin]

...everything that opposes 'the left' is automatically binned as authoritarian, fascist, hard-right, -ist, etc.*

Yes that happens, in the New York Times. It's wonderful for a center-right organization like Democrats to pose as leftist in their party organ. Rational people, including rational actual leftists, are less likely to try to "de-platform" anyone.