There is No Saving the Left

About this episode

Sasha Stone discusses his departure from the Democratic Party and the extreme rhetoric surrounding Trump and his supporters.

I left the Democratic Party in 2020 because I couldn’t take it anymore. I am not sure what triggered my disgust, but all I know is that I could not go along with what the party had become and what I could see playing out every day on social media. I watched everyone I knew, every prominent person of power, justify their dehumanizing rhetoric, all aimed at one man and his supporters. I recoiled in horror then. It felt like ice in my veins, or worse, dark sludge, something like evil. Why are we doing this, I wondered. Why have we abandoned all of our principles of decency and kindness? What of the lawn signs that say “everyone is welcome”? I knew it was wrong. I also knew speaking out about it would be the end of my status online, many of my friendships, and eventually, by 2024, all of my income, as my business was destroyed and my reputation collapsed for the sin of voting for and supporting Donald Trump. Now, we’re at the point on the Left where all the words — the extreme hyperbole—have been used up, and nothing has changed. There was ever only one place left to go, and that was to take up arms and start shooting people. Cole Allen, who is Trump’s third would-be assassin, like…

People in this episode

Host: Sasha Stone

Topics covered

• political disillusionment
• left-wing politics
• Trump supporters
• violence in politics
• social media impact
• personal narrative

Keywords

• Democratic Party
• Trump
• politics
• violence
• social media
• disillusionment
• rhetoric

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democratic Party

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