I went to Budapest during the 70s. How that happened is a long story except to say that I had a college professor who was a Hungarian refugee who managed to escape with his mother and brother during the 1956 uprising. I also dated a Czech whose family left Czechoslovakia in 1968. My time in Hungary was unforgettable. Depressing doesn’t begin to describe both the city, which is known for its beauty, and feeling of dread one had while being there. Nearly everyone I met would tell me how much they hated communism. An elderly woman started crying when she learned I was American, knowing she could tell me about how terrible communism was. I wish everyone who romanticizes communism could somehow grasp how terribly sad and hopeless communist countries are, and how frightening.
The Bulwark can't stop, won't stop hating on the left. Is this the ... what? ... 12th? ... anti-Left article since the beginning of the Piker discourse?
You guys REALLY got the memo - crush Piker no matter what. ThirdWay, FDD, AIPAC, and the ADL will be proud.
You would prefer to lose to Trump than end unconditional support for Israel or make Democratic billionaire donors pay an extra cent in taxes.
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I went to Budapest during the 70s. How that happened is a long story except to say that I had a college professor who was a Hungarian refugee who managed to escape with his mother and brother during the 1956 uprising. I also dated a Czech whose family left Czechoslovakia in 1968. My time in Hungary was unforgettable. Depressing doesn’t begin to describe both the city, which is known for its beauty, and feeling of dread one had while being there. Nearly everyone I met would tell me how much they hated communism. An elderly woman started crying when she learned I was American, knowing she could tell me about how terrible communism was. I wish everyone who romanticizes communism could somehow grasp how terribly sad and hopeless communist countries are, and how frightening.
So well said.
The Bulwark can't stop, won't stop hating on the left. Is this the ... what? ... 12th? ... anti-Left article since the beginning of the Piker discourse?
You guys REALLY got the memo - crush Piker no matter what. ThirdWay, FDD, AIPAC, and the ADL will be proud.
You would prefer to lose to Trump than end unconditional support for Israel or make Democratic billionaire donors pay an extra cent in taxes.
So much for the big tent.
Good luck with that strategy.