https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_cliché
As the party fielded more and more candidates who championed economic-right policies in order to attract corporate donations, the idea of “purity testing” was turned into a stock phrase to attack critics using labels, instead of justifying it on its own terms.
Phrases like “moral purity” now serve two functions: firstly, to dismiss criticisms from the Left wholesale without having to discuss them directly, and secondly, to blame them for the rise of fascism.
In theory it was also supposed to serve a third function of bullying the Left into voting Democrat, but that didn’t work.
“They just don’t understand what it takes to create a coalition!” I cry, as I fail to create a coalition.
Special thanks to the users at .ml for being the best at dividing the left
I do not understand how you managed to type that out without realising the irony.
I don’t understand how you type anything out without realizing you’re tools for rightwing authoritarians
Eugene V. Debs