So, a lot of people who identity as Left, whom I like, care about and even, gulp, love are fighting with each other right now on line. A lot of us are committed to calling people out, which is a good thing. A lot of us are committed to calling out Liberals, in particular, as...

dangerous. And there are times for lines in the sand. And different people play different roles and have different lanes. And there has been demonization, mischaracterization and divisiveness that we really can't afford right now. I know I'm supposed to craft the perfect tweet...

and until then lay low or whatever but I don't care. And I know that this is just twitter and people are dying and who cares about the online Left or the media Left when people are dying. But these things have real life effects. So I say this while knowing that I exist in a...

position of privilege. But I have to say that people can disagree about things on a strategic, tactical, moral and ethical level. And the people on one side aren't all conspiracy theorist "asadists" who don't understand politics; and the people on the other side are not all...

imperialist, neoliberal shills. They're not. I mean, some are, let's be real. And those are the ones who are often rewarded with powerful positions, but I digress. And of course there are disingenuous people out there who are grifting off of this while calling others grifters...

but, again, I digress. The point is I really love and care about and respect a lot of people who are being canceled. So everyone should stop canceling people. Or maybe take a cancelation pause and then come back to it but sleep on it. I guess I'm just tweeting this because I...

think we should be coming together and working together and building on things like our shared hatred of Larry Summers or almost every single Biden pick. And if we want to be outraged about the way media figures are being treated, then first, let's prioritize that & look at....

#assange. Oh, here's another thing we can unite around! The fact that barely anyone is talking about Assange. Kinda bad, right? This was not premeditated as you can tell from the hour, the sheer brilliance of my words, and the spaces out tweets but that's a good litmus test...

If you're on The Left, say something about Assange. My enemies are right on that. I'm an #Assangist. Also, we need to distinguish between litmus tests for politicians and for people, but that's for another time. Maybe every time someone wants to tweet about why some one on the...

Left or alleged Left is so bad, save it as a draft and tweet about how bad someone we can all agree is bad. We just don't have the numbers to be so selective. Also, don't be organizer-shamed. There are great organizers out there we can listen to. But you don't have to not care...

about national politics. Oh, and that's another thing. Don't be Bernie-shamed or leader-shamed. Yeah, of course we need organizing and movements but what are we going to do? Reinvent the wheel? While you're doing that, someone else will crop up and be a leader so let's also...

just acknowledge that he's important. Even if you don't like him. Sorry this is a side point but there's all this kind of scolding and shaming of people who believe in people like Bernie or Corbyn. The response to the way they were railroaded shouldn't be oh well, we tried...

Anyway, that's for another late night incoherent thread. Also, if everyone hates each other, then i can't have fun debates and discussions. So, there's that.

Also, last thing. This doesn't mean that people shouldn't be called out. Ugh i hate that term. But people shouldn't be written off for doing something. If, they deny or white wash it or engage in really weird jokes about something they actually did as if it's a funny &...

ridiculous thing. Also, don't be outrage-shamed. People should be outraged. And if you're outraged at someone you realize you maybe shouldn't be, it's OK to reconsider and recalibrate. And there's a difference between loyalty/ solidarity & tribalism. Anyway more later. And...