SInNYC
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« on: August 25, 2020, 09:28:49 AM » |
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« edited: August 25, 2020, 09:51:56 AM by SInNYC »
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There are many reasons for Ds to dislike Gabbard. The main ones are:
1. her past anti-gay stuff. I think she adequately atoned for this, certainly more than other Ds who have had unsavory pasts.
2. Her Hindu nationalism, which goes along with her BJP ties and Islamaphobia. I hope that nobody cares that she is Hindu (it might be a good thing actually), but I do care that she is fundamentalist and her sect is connected with Hare Krishnas (as an offshoot). Her policies still seem to be informed by this.
3. Ds are in this anti-Russia kick after 2016, which she doesn't belong to. I am no fan of Putin but this anti-Russia thing is mainly just today's D boogieman. Along with this, she endorsed Bernie in 2016, which made her public enemy #1 to Hillary and mainstream Ds. The establishment also hates that she is not Assad's enemy, and Assad is today's Saddam - this is the same establishment that supported the Iraq war.
Number 3 is the main reason the D establishment hate her so much. There have certainly been other Ds who have horrid histories that the establishment is willing to overlook.
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