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in the middle of reading https://www.tempestmag.org/2022/03/the-rise-of-ilhan-omar/ and i’m kinda sad
us politics
@aescling kind of what i expected tbh
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@aescling nobody who is a “first” in american politics gets there by being a radical
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@aescling (and no well-connected radical would think the best use of their time is running for U.S. Congress)
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@Lady i not sure if that would make me sadder than just hypocrisy
re: us politics
@aescling i don’t think it’s hypocritical i think it’s a change in priorities. hypocrisy would be if she continues to criticize people for voting to fund the state of israel after this, which she won’t