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What is the "Cocaine Left?"

Symptoms of cocaine abuse are aggression, antisocial behavior, actions that are dangerous to themselves and others, psychosis, overconfidence and irritability.

A certain portion of our fringe is dangerous the same way that MAGA is dangerous. They're uninterested in building anything, or accomplishing any policy. They want to set fire to everything in sight.

The Cocaine Left is hurting us, and making it impossible for the larger family of the left to thrive and accomplish things. And as someone who just celebrated 20 years of sobriety, I can tell you - the kindest thing we can do is stop enabling them.

If you think Russia, China and Hamas are the good guys, you are part of the Cocaine Left. If you believe violence is a valid political tactic, you are part of the Cocaine Left. If you think burning America down so your ideology can rise from the ashes is best, you are part of the Cocaine Left.

It's not going to be easy cutting them off and moving on without them, but in the end we will all be a lot healthier.

(warning twitter link I don’t think nitter works anymore) more gold from Brianna Wu

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[–] Blottergrass@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

She so badly wants to have credit for something relevant.

[–] kleeon@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago

Not the worst thing, but still a bad thing Gamergate did was make her prominent.

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Coming back to this, implying a (loose) movement with a significant amount of POC are on cocaine is fucking wild.

Oh Malcolm X? The black Panthers? They were on crack cocaine which is why he was irritable, anti-social and aggressive. That's why Malcolm praised China, the USSR and was anti Zionist.

Not like us mostly white "leftists" who don't accomolish anything. We're not under the influence, toe the line and accomplish nothing. Roe V Wade was overturned under our watch, military spending and IDF funding increased, but we're better people who aren't controlled opposition!

Fucking 白左

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, she raises a good point for more cocaine use on the left, doesn't she?

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

Empty platitudes for decriminalizing drugs whilst degrading people who are doing drugs is extremely typical, too. Not that I'm even on cocaine, but this behaviour echoes the "look I'm not against gay people but I wish they'd stop shoving it down our throats" line from liberals in the 00's and early 10's (and less commonly, now, I guess)

[–] dkr567@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Even from her this is seriously such a desperate attempt at creating noise. I feel like she could do a lot better than immediately contradicting herself in the post with violence not being valid tactic considering the country she's in was found in violence.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to the Cocaine Left everyone! mao-wave

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[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 11 points 6 months ago

dang she makes us sound so cool

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Cocaine doesn't really have any stereotypical association with the left. Maybe Chapo Trap House? idk

I understand this is a metaphor, but my drug use has very little to do with my politics.

[–] PsychedSy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 months ago

I'd have to ask. I'm her age and it isn't something I've noticed.

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago

She had to come up with something on the spot that isn't already a right wing slogan and "Champaign socialist" was already taken. Need to bundle those who critics of NATO and genocide as decadent and under the influence.

[–] QuietCupcake@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

(warning twitter link I don’t think nitter works anymore)

nitter.poast.org still works but apparently the instance is hosted by chuds? madeline-bruh There are other ones that still work sometimes and not others, but the poast one seems to always work.

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Are the cocaine left the American version of the British Champagne Socialists? This is the first I’ve heard of them.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

it's the new dirtbag, apparently

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Turns out dirt is not at all fun to snort. Not sure why it took us all so long to realize this

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 10 points 6 months ago

Stop stealing my dirt to snort

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[–] Big_Bob@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

I'm the leftist Doctor Rockzo

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago

id be a lot happier if i was consistently doing coke fucking crotchety scold

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Imagine being so naive and sheltered from the real world that you talk down to people for being angry like this?

If you think the status quo isn't dangerous, you're the one "on drugs"

for the larger family of the left

Left of what hey goose

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 6 points 6 months ago

So she is attributing all the social and economic frustrations to the use of expensive designer drugs? Very on brand for a failed politician from Massachusetts, the nimby capital of the world.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

According to horseshit theory, both Jordan Peterson and Brianna Wu have both made links, in regards to the left and cocaine...

Thus, the two are merely one of the same coin (Lib and Con)...

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