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All spring and summer I was resentful of twitter "leftists" for their conduct during the primaries. There are many things, and they were all absurd, but the most absurd was when those lunatics turned on AOC for complimenting Liz Warren on a fucking SNL cameo.

 Then I hated "leftists" for personal stuff. Long story short some nutjob leftists think I'm rich bc I'm a tv writer. They're stupid. Oh, and I'm evil, a trait apparently inherited from my mom whom "leftists" told me was evil for being a landlord of the 3 family house she lives in
Well, I do look like exactly my mom. And I'm evil because I told ppl not all landlords are rich slumlords, so if you can afford to, pay rent.
But it all really hit me when Kamala was announced as the VP pick. The first black woman San Francisco AG, California AG, AND VP pick. FIRST. HBCU grad and everything. And "leftists" acted like she aint shit. Like we werent supposed to be proud of her accomplishments.
I was so proud of her. And twitter had so warped my brain on what "progressivism" looked like, that in my attempts to pass purity tests, i muted my enthusiasm for her. I'm so disappointed in myself.
Mom was so proud. Told me that she immigrated here with Kamala's accomplishments in mind for her kids. She was VERY VERY proud. So were lots of my off twitter friends and family. That's another thing. "Leftists" are often shocked when the real world doesn't look like twitter.
it coincides with their not knowing how politics works. WHY ISN'T THE STIMULUS CHECK BIGGER? I dunno, bc you abstained from voting for moral (lol) reasons and when the republicans win and have power there isn't much democrats can do?
But if you ask "leftists" it's Nancy Pelosi's fault. Twitter search the word "significant" and see how many "leftists" ridiculed her for saying $600 is significant w/o reading the full quote or isolating that word "significant" in bad faith.
Nancy actually said “I’d like them to have been bigger, but they are significant” Does that sound like a bitch who thinks $600 is lit? Or is she trying to sell a plan we're stuck w/ bc Mitch is Senate leader and Ron Johnson cut the checks in half during debate ON CAMERA?
I know the pandemic/primary made ppl crazy. It made me crazy. And it made me crazy on twitter too. I was arguing with ppl, telling ppl to suck my dick, etc. Mean. Angry. No good. I never wanna be like that again.
Lots of us were being and saying terrible things. But I took a moment to catch my breath and decided to be different. I ain't where I wanna be, but I'm better. Therapy helped. So does Wellbutrin. Also weed, and I blocked a lot of ppl, friends included.
I blocked a (former?) friend bc when Kamala was announced as VP pick, she tweeted something like, yay! make women of color war criminals again.

Yuck.
That bothered the fuck outta me. First, bc according to your definition of "war criminal" if Bernie had won, he was gonna be one too. No president of the United States can be 100% pacifist in the real world. It's stupid and childish to believe. America is America bc it's America.
An American president will always do abhorrent shit in our "security interests" and after 4 yrs of silence on Trump's increased drone strikes we're back to shitting on a black guy and the not even in office yet black woman "war criminals" https://t.co/HkiRpKSDIE
I was especially offended by that tweet bc it came from a black woman and was RTed mostly by white "leftists" and comedy fans. I liked shorty a lot, but it's not gonna be a black woman shitting on the first black woman VP pick just to pass white ppl's socialism purity test. Yuck.
Which goes back to the race issue w “leftists.” They love black ppl until it’s time not to. Lol. I won’t ever forget this tweet from the son of a McKinsey director and himself a former employee. Lololololololololololololol
Suddenly withheld wages are ni--- excuse me, HBCUs' fault. As if some Amazon workers aren't black. As if HBCUs are undeserving. Wrote using passive voice as if it wasn't the WHITE ex wife of Bezos who GAVE the money or white Bezos who WITHHELD wages. Nope. It's black folk.
HBCUs, mind you, that were created bc PWIs wouldn't admit black folk. They are still underfunded to this day. According to Anand, that's who took from Amazon workers. Not evil Bezos. Negros. lol yeah FUCK YOU.

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