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In reply to the discussion: I was a big fan, but Ocasio-Cortez is starting to get on my nerves. [View all]redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)You take great care to list all the "identities" of candidates you happen to support, implying that somehow Cortez stands against progress because she doesn't support candidates of your choice.
Your use of the word "against" is very telling, making it look like she is specifically opposed to those individuals rather than being supportive of some alternative.
Condensed down, what you wrote is basically "Cortez opposes the black, the gay, the female and the native candidate". But then you just didn't quite write that. Like a said, plenty of plausible deniablity I'm guessing you're a lawyer.
It's called using a rhetorical device, but you know that. "I'm not saying Cortez is a racist but why is she against the black candidate?".
Cortez also supports the Muslim candidate over the white candidate in Michigan by the way. But I'm guessing your spin will be "she supports the male candidate over the Jewish female one", because "identity" only matters when it benefits the right people.