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[–] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Obligatory “water is wet” post.

[–] wizbiz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

Can't trust anything written by prager

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

Ok, what’s the point of posting an article from 2 years ago?

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[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Sorry to Steven but with a last name like that, you gotta work to get me to trust you. If Jesus came back as a Prager, I'd be the first to sell his ass for a shekel.

[–] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gavin Newsom offers more pain and suffering to trans and queer folk.

[–] Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip 18 points 2 days ago

Not to mention the homeless considering he personally went out of his way to destroy the few things they own.

[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

newsom could have just not done a photo op while clearing encampments.

between that and pandering to conservatives on trans rights I see no reason to trust the guy further than I can throw him

Which is why he’s probably going to be the nominee and if you don’t vote for him then you’re terrible.

[–] ShoeThrower@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 days ago
[–] marsza@lemmy.cafe 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago (7 children)

There's a reason it's coming back around to the fore, I suspect. Because it's time to play the favorite game of "This left person isn't left enough! Let's attack him!"

I mean yeah Gavin Newsom is kind of a POS. I don't even like the guy, he's not particularly left-wing and I wish the Democrats had more better standard bearers than this guy. But what the fuck, he is fighting against Trump and that's a good thing. Supporting Gavin Newsom for sticking his thumb in Trump's eye is absolutely in no way incompatible with supporting more genuine left-wing people (including supporting replacing Newsom with someone better as soon as that becomes feasible.) Just replacing him with "let's let the bad guys win instead" is fuckin' stupid.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The point of reposting the article is that Newsom is using Trump to mask his own shittiness, so it's important to remember who exactly we're looking at right now. Newsom is not what America needs, no matter how much he tries to convince you otherwise.

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