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It's not political folx. It's about human rights. Unless you're a white supremacist?


In the article & video linked below, Bruenig depoliticises the BLM movement, (much like BLM does above) linking it with amorphous Christian principles, as though failing to support the Democratic Party & it's peripheral organisations (BLM) is a *religious* sin against God.


https://t.co/NBtaDNJeGn

Recruiting *God* for a capitalist movement that mystifies class relations in service of the Democratic Party, is so extraordinarily manipulative. This is the function of the Bruenig character, she's playing the role of a self appointed public cleric, depoliticising the DNC agenda

When you depoliticise your political interventions, as though GOOD PEOPLE all agree, then ALL dissent is seen as a personal attack. This is an extraordinarily effective tactic, one designed to foreclose public discussion by framing all critics as enemies of humanity.