There have been two examples of Left wing activists stepping on their own Johnsons recently. In the US, it's a letter from the Progressive Caucus that Josh Marshall thinks was leaked by the Quincy Institute to advocate for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine. First of all, it's Ukraine's war to negotiate or not. Secondly, any negotiated settlement would have to include the pre-2014 borders. Since Russia won't go for that, what's the point? No one is "for" the war, they are for a Ukrainian victory, because this is a historic crime against them.
In Europe we have a bunch of dingbat climate activists throwing soup and potatoes on paintings and then gluing themselves to shit for reasons. What does this have to do with climate change? Of anything it discredits people who are actually trying to address the problem via guilt by association.
Foolish, short-sighted efforts like this are par for the course for a certain segment of activists. It's the attention, it's "getting the message out there" in ways that short-circuit actual policy goals.
Meanwhile, GOP activists want to end democracy, kill their political enemies and enforce birth control bans.
So...same thing really...
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