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Anyone that "punches down" like OP aren't really Dems.
They may vote D, they may donate to neoliberals, but so did trump for decades.
But if they get any joy or satisfaction out of this behavior, then they're stuck in Republican way of thinking.
Empathy is the one thing we should say is a requirement, Republicans will never prioritize it. So when Dems throw it out the window it means there's no empathetic option
When that happens in a general, then Republicans will win elections.
So even just for completely selfish reasons, these faux Dems need to pretend to meet the minimum level of human empathy, or they're actively helping Republicans. Even if they don't realize it.
Yup, a sane person would be asking why the good guys are supporting a foreign genocidal states when its clearly alienating their base.
People think they lost because voters didn't fall in line but they lost because they drew that line straight into a swamp. Weaponized incompetence.
You can't gatekeep Democrats. Nor can you say leopards eating faces is punching down.
Muslim Magas got what they voted for. It's that simple.
There is this knee jerk tendency of Western progressive liberals to white knight Muslims when Muslim get criticized even if it is completely deserved and handing out that criticism is in line with progressive views.
There's a stronger kneejerk tendency of Western shitlibs to believe any bad thing they read about Muslims and then shit on them for it, because they're racists.
Then there’s people like the Dems of Hamtramck, Michigan, who were so proud of themselves for being morally superior that they got together as a town and elected the US’s first Muslim-majority city council in 2015. The celebrations stopped when the Muslim council promptly banned rainbow flags from public places.