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Mamdani appoints top DNC and Obama adviser in bid to secure Democratic Party establishment support (www.wsws.org)

submitted 3 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What the fuck is "purity testing"?

I'm complaining about him hiring Lerner. He's playing by standard DNC rules, at best now.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

What the fuck is “purity testing”?

It's what centrists say when people to their left have standards.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's run a phenomenally lowercase-d democratic and candid campaign. Hiring one experienced DNC Communications chair does not compromise his platform. It might lead to that, but it might not. To judge based purely on that appointment, before anything has actually happened, is 100% purity testing.

[–] FinalRemix@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So losing faith that a candidate is going to stick by his word is now something called "purity testing"?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your faith is your business. Barking the failings of the lesser evil, in the wave of greater evil, with no good strong enough to replace them. Yeah, that's purity testing.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

The lesser evil keeps getting more evil.