there are leftists doing important work but they're not the ones on some "noble savage" shit with rural white racists. i need more people on the left to understand that you can advocate for those assholes' human rights to healthcare, food, and clean air and water without shrugging off the bigotry. 😩

yes, i was just thinking about how many white leftists i see dismiss racism as immaterial, and how that ties to getting duped by dipshits like MTG. there's a persistent belief on (some of) the left that they could win over racists through class consciousness, but that's been consistently untrue!

it's a combination of naivety and projection, i suspect. a lot of my problems with fellow leftists come from qualities that i don't think START bad--it's good, generally, to assume people are principled and operating in good faith--but when someone shows you who they are REPEATEDLY...come on.

like i'm kind of disturbed by how many people on the left are responding to this with a sort of "gosh, i guess she really WAS a true believer disgusted to learn she'd been played." are you guys gonna be shocked when she runs for Senate or governor and is just as awful as ever? because i won't be.

haha, i remember that your workplace was often chaotic! glad it's going well overall, though. lotta ups and downs here, but recently it feels like a slight upswing...? despite everything going on politically lolsob

LMAO seriously atp the only thing stopping me from telling her she's being a self-centered, childish asshole is that I don't want to add to my brother's stress. he's pulling through, just more slowly than initially hoped/expected--had some post-surgical complications; nothing huge, just unpleasant 😮‍💨

You're one of the people I'd hoped was still around, too ❤️ how have you been?

"i feel really alone and emotionally vulnerable right now," he told us, having just had a major organ removed. like, yeah! obviously! anybody would!! but mom's bored so she wants to go home. i can't fathom this. i'm sorry your child's grave medical crisis isn't entertaining for you. christ.

and the part of this that's been hardest to process is our mom's narcissism, the way it makes her almost angry that she can't be the main character here. she wants to leave after visiting him for ten minutes, even after he explicitly asks for company--"it's lonely going through this," he said

it still can't be healthy to be awash in all this shit but, you know, silver linings or whatever

they were mad he said "cohort" literacy is fucking cooked

my artistic eye is dead rn but the idea wouldn't let go until i drew it anyway 🤷