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god damn it now I have to deconstruct some of what I feel is common propaganda against the greens

Jill Stein is not anti-vax. In a reddit AMA a long time ago she replied to a question about vaccines saying that she believed that corporate oversight on shit that goes in our body is not ok and that we need civilian oversight into vaccine production and distribution. Redditors took this to mean she was anti-science instead of, you know, aware of the way vaccines have been weaponized by the U.S. state and corporations historically. Do we suddenly believe that the corporate dominated healthcare industry in the U.S. has the peoples' best interests in mind simply because anti-science reactionaries distrust them too, for different reasons?

Ajamu Baraka is a communist. I personally saw him shut down a libertarian dweeb weaponizing Stalin's legacy against socialism. Is his engagement in electoralism incorrect? Is the praxis he engages in indicative of liberalism? Perhaps. But he himself is a comrade, and the green party is not the only vehicle for action he participate(s/d) in.

Green Party has problems. Its pan-leftist approach is evidently incorrect as it has led to massive infighting and no democratic centralism to speak of. It is mainly a vehicle for "awareness", whether you think that is a worthwhile endeavor or not. And a lot of the membership hold batshit ideas and only support the party because it's a break from the duopoly. I merely would suggest that we don't discount every member or leader as a lost cause - I've met far more radical Greens than I have DSA members. End lukewarm defense rant.