stickly comments on Abdul El-Sayed (epidemiologist, public health administrator, academic, and senator elect for Michigan)

[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Nope. Never seen, heard or watched that tool except for fools comments and posts like yours.

Seriously last night watching Democracy Now was the very first time I’d ever bothered watching him.

The vast majority of us don’t even know wtf twitch is and give zero fucks about influencers.

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[+] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world -27 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Like all worthless centrists, youʻve missed the point.

Hasan, and people like ourselves: Weʻre why Democrats won. We put forward leftwing and socialist candidates across the board, and we won. No one give a fuck that you donʻt know who they are; you not knowing simply means you arenʻt steering ship. You a passenger.

Centrism is a dying cancer; a worthless skintag to be frozen off during an appointment with a dermatologist.

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[–] EntheoNaut@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Wow I should be thank some dumb self-important asshole from Lemmy than than people who actually did the work.

Go fuck yourself kid.

Not even close to centrist you silly dumb fuck

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[–] stickly@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Who won this election...

A. The people knocking on doors, organizers, grassroots volunteers and donors, the multiple household-name politicians who campaigned with El-Sayed, the actual 2.5 million people physically in Michigan who showed up to vote for him, El-Sayed himself keeping steadfast to his wildly popular platform...

B. Some random influencer that showed up for a photo-op and his 2 million parasocial parasites who might [generously, if we assume they're all Americans] make up 0.05% of the voting population of Michigan

This guy has never left his echo chamber and it shows.

Also: "we [who...?] put forth these popular candidates"... My dude El-Sayed wasn't endorsed by the DSA or any notable radical progressive bloc. The dude ran his campaign with charisma and easy to digest policy against ghoulish opposition. His main building blocks were traditional Michigan cohorts (unions) and the underrepresented Arab/immigrant population of SE Michigan.

The exit polls show basically no change in people shifting their label from conservative to progressive. He just ran a good campaign with wide support. This guy needs to get over himself and touch some grass.