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was watching the stream last night because I couldn't stomach the DNC unfiltered, yesterday he was giving them the benefit-of-the-doubt that it was a general influencer purge due to poor logistics but it seems he's been definitively informed otherwise

kicked for talking to the verboten elected party delegates, we're saving the soul of democracy here i-cant

how's it going left caucus of the 99% hitler apparatus, you moving and shaking things yet? yeah-buddy

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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 59 points 2 months ago (16 children)

I genuinely don't get it. How are Mike Lindell and Matt Walsh allowed in but Brace and Liz and Hasan aren't? Like how do you get in, you don't just buy a ticket?

[–] wild_dog@hexbear.net 41 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

letting right wingers in allows the DNC to go "look, we accept criticism from the other side" because they recognize that Democrats already disagree with everything they're gonna say about the speeches whereas someone like Liz, Brace or Hasan might make certain criticisms of the party that they don't want getting out because some liberals/progressives and independents may take them seriously. They also want right wing attacks against them bc that's the way they're moving anyway so it's a form of confirmation bias.

The Democrats absolutely do not want any leftist criticisms of their party being platformed at the DNC, even on an independent stream.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm just surprised they didn't full on invite all the Republican craziest like they did the influencers. They could parade them like the never trump Republicans they had speak/think vote in larger numbers than their base

[–] footfaults@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

They had a bunch of Republicans speak at the convention.

Hell, Hasan said on stream they let Kellwyanne Conway in!

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