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Is The Democratic Party Being Taken Over By Socialist?

No. What do you mean that can't be the whole column? Okay fine, I'll humor this idea.
With the recent victory of Alexandra Ocasio Cortez against Joe Crowley, many think that socialism is taking over the Democratic party. I guess we're supposed to forget every Democrat since FDR was president has been accused of being a socialist because this time it is true. Roosevelt will abolish capitalism, I mean Truman will abolish capitalism, I mean Kennedy will abolish capitalism, I mean Johnson will abolish capitalism, I mean Carter will abolish capitalism, I mean Clinton will abolish capitalism, I mean Obama will abolish capitalism. And they all benefit from capitalism as well. It can't be they don't actually want to abolish capitalism, they're just hypocrites. 
But again, let's pretend this isn't just people who take Joseph McCarthy a little too seriously and actually analyze these claims. Sure, Nancy Pelosi denied it, but she's Nancy Pelosi. She's only one of the highest-ranking Democrats. What does she know? Instead, we should trust noted smart man Charlie Kirk.

The Marxists have taken over the Democrat party

 Again. These Marxists must be really bad at taking things over. I mean, they've been taking over the Democratic party for over 80 years and we still haven't had a single Democrat run on a Communist platform. 

They do not want borders, immigration enforcement, or protection of American citizen status

 Karl Mark: Anarchist. Although, it's funny because communist societies have been the most focused on borders. Just ask the East Germans about that one.

The Democrat party of old is dead

 Tell that to Dinesh D'Souza. 

These Democrats hate the idea of America, freedom, and our way of life

 As opposed to the Democrats of before who *checks history* supported slavery. 

We must defeat them 

Wait to be civil.
But don't worry everyone, Sean Hannity managed to make a list of everything Cortez stands for. He did so good that Alexandria said she may use it in a campaign ad. Did I mention Sean was trying to make Alexandria look bad? But what exactly scared Hannity so much:

Medicare For All

You know that thing basically every other first world nation has. Most of them have far better healthcare systems by the way. Oh, and 45,000 die every year due to lack of basic healthcare.

Housing as a Human Right

There are more empty homes than homeless people. Oh, and the war on homeless people costs more than it would to give them a basic home. Even if the idea is kind of vague, you can't just shove the idea of "let's give people houses" under the rug like that. 
Really, most of these are things that a lot of people can get behind. For god sake, "mobilizing against climate change" is one of them. As if remaining on the earth and keeping it inhabitable is something controversial.
You know what, it's clear the answer is no. So how about instead of wasting your time I just show you some funny reactions. You guys like that? Good.
David Brat went on Fox News to compare Cortez to the USSR. Which is odd because I never recall Cortez saying she wants to abolish profit or private property. I do recall Republicans saying she said that though.
Steve Schmidt, a former GOP strategist, said she was a "dishonest progressive". The MSNBC host even said, "it's time for the center to rise". Like what he did under Obama, and now Republicans control all 3 branches of government. Schmidt even compared her to Trump. Clearly, it's a losing political strategy when the president of the United States is doing it. 
So, while socialism may not be taking over the Democrats, it's fun watching people pretend that it is. Like it has been for the past 8 decades. 

  

    

       

Why Bill Mitchel and Candace Owens Are Both Idiots (and The Real Way "the American Media Promotes the Cycle of Violence")

I remember I was going through the Cursed Boomer Images twitter account (@WeWuzBoomers) when I found one of the worst things I've ever seen on twitter. Bill Mitchell saw the recent Texas shooting and, like a good Republican used it as a chance to blame something he doesn't like.  

Just a hint. If a student is a 1) loner, 2) quiet, 3) is bullied, 4) loves violent video games and 5) wears a trench coat to school - you can pretty much profile them as a potential mass shooter

I had 3 reactions to this tweet and, after realizing there is no possible way I could be too mean towards him with this blog post considering what he just said unless I encouraged violence towards him (which I don't), decided to just give you all three.
1-Guns don't kill people, trench coats kill people
2-I take it then you bully them until they do commit a mass shooting because Bill Mitchell doesn't care how many people did as long as he's proven right.
3-Since you seem to love lists I figured I would give you the first 5 words that came to my mind when I first saw this tweet. 1)What 2)is 3)wrong 4)with 5)you. 
Mind you, Bill's twitter is filled with all sorts of hot takes that show you how much of a Republican he is. Here are a few of my favorites:

#Democrats hate God. God started America. Democrats hate America. Makes perfect sense.

The single biggest #HateGroup in America is the #DemocratParty and they hate America most of all. The amusing part is, very few will actually even try to deny this. They're actually proud of it. P.S., Second thing they hate the most? 3 letters, starts with G, ends with d. 

Democrats hate God and Israel. At least they're consistent.

These are just some of the many takes that prove Al Gore correct which Bill spits out on a daily basis. However, it's undeniable his mass shooting take is easily his worst. The thing that makes this the evilest is that how he seems to be saying that if someone is being bullied you should bully them more. To any school administrators reading this, Billy over here seems to think that if you see a kid being bullied you should be more worried about the victim becoming a shooter than you should be with stopping the bullying.
Mind you, that's still not the hottest take I found on this subject. Candace Owens, or the person who wants a legal fund so she can sue media outlets that are mean to black conservatives, had one of the worst takes possible. 

There is no law, no president, and no congress that can be responsible for raising our children. I wonder which networks & journalists will be brave enough to ditch the usual political banter, and start addressing the real issues at the core of these shootings. #TexasShooting  

 When someone asked her what the "real issues" are the results were downright comical: 

The breakdown of the family. The mocking of religion The over-medicating of society.

Let's break this down one by one.
"The breakdown of the family" is a bad thing, however, it's not happening. And even if it is, where's her proof it would lead to mass shootings? 
"The mocking of religion" just doesn't make any sense, especially when you consider Candace's views on Muslims. In most of the middle east mocking Islam is punishable by death and yet, as Candace herself has pointed out many times, many Muslims are violent. In fact, her saying that could be considered mocking the religion of Islam, and as such she could be considered part of the problem.  
"The over medicating of society" is easily the most harmful right-wing conspiracy theory. Excuse me for being dismissive of an idea that led to a man trying to kill himself, but please shut up. Look, Penn and Teller: Bullshit has tons of episodes on this, just go watch those. They're instant play on Hulu and I don't have time to go through every reason why this is so wrong.
While not as harmful, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk still had some takes so hot that the weather channel just couldn't predict them. Here are some of my favorites:  

Did you know: Over the last 25 years, the U.S. gun homicide rate has fallen by over half while the gun violence victimization rate has fallen by about 70% Gun crime is rapidly decreasing as conceal carry becomes more abundant and people are allowed to legally protect themselves

Did you know: If you put "Did You Know" at the beginning of any statement you don't have to cite any sources for Republicans to believe it.

The NRA is continually the only organization to get blamed for actions their members do not commit

 Did you know: The president of the NRA is Oliver North who sold weapons to Iran and gave that money to terrorists in the 1980's. For a group that isn't a terrorist organization, they sure seem to be friendly with terrorists.

When tragedy strikes, if your immediate instinct is to restrict someone’s rights you are most likely a liberal

I'm just going to back-to-back it with this:

If the Bush FBI put a spy in the Obama campaign people would be in prison by now 

But easily, the worst reaction by Charlie and his buddies is the blame on the mainstream media.

Maybe we should stop showing the killers face on TV and start showing the armed heroes that prevent these shootings Stop saying his name. Stop giving attention to murders. The attention is partly why they do this. Our media creates these monsters 

 Yes Charlie, let's stop informing people when a mass shooting happens. To be fair, this is an idea many people have thought of so it is worth taking seriously. Many of you may have seen this video by AlternateHistoryHub making the same argument.
My response to this argument is actually not as much anger as some would think because they aren't entirely wrong. However, the issue isn't that they are covering these shooters, it's that they are trying to humanize them. 
Within hours of the shooting, you can already find stories about how the shooter was bullied or trying to find some way as to how this wasn't his fault. Compare this to how we teach kids about the Nazi's, Stalin, or terrorists (typically because they weren't white or American but that's another story). We don't pretend like they had any kind of point instead, we only teach them to see these views as the evil they are. 
Treat the shooters as the evil they are and I can promise you the cycle of violence will be far less common.