The Hogwarts Legacy debacle is another great example. So many people in the wider left do not understand the ideas of coalition building, sticking together, or meeting people where they are. Some treat it all as a social competition to see who can be the most progressive and cast out anyone who does not meet their standards. Blasphemy, basically.

It's the easiest thing in the world to see that impugning people for playing ~popular game~ is not going to be very popular. I was talking with a friend last night who wants me to play it - good luck getting me to buy a game so close to release which is the real reason - and you know, I gave him the spiel about how JKR's awful as well after he asked specifically and fair, he's used to that, but I think if I'd said specifically I'm not playing the game because of that, which I'm not, it would have come off crazy. I'm surprised anyone tries it but EVERY TIME there is a piece of media that you could see is morally dodgy for whatever reason it's like for some their witch hunt sense is activated. It never works. Stop doing it. Let people come to their own conclusions.

If I, an enlightened centrist looking for a new political ideology had the choice between 'the left', who want me to walk on eggshells and stop having fun, or 'the right' who seemingly don't care, which one looks more attractive?

I am rambling but god the left or progressives or whichever big movement you like that will actually make things better for people just needs to learn how to recruit people and not put them off. It should be so easy! But instead every time big publicised discourse over whether it's morally okay to eat at the same table as meat-eaters or something happens and we look crazy.

I don't know what the answer is really. It really has hit home today, how the progressive young have so little power or say in this country despite being a huge proportion amount of people I know.

If you're frustrated, let me offer this honest opinion: progressives should not have alienated liberals (broadly speaking, people who put freedom first) in the first place. Now's not too late to mend the relationship. Only with the support of liberals can LGBT rights be protected.

Neolibs PLAYING at politics are a joke. We need real leftists and progressives ro make change

Look, I'm sincere about wanting liberals and leftists to be able to work together, at least to some extent. Without this happening, we will all get destroyed by Ron DeSantis and others like him. There's a lot at stake here.

And liberal doesn't mean neoliberal. I'm not too keen on capitalism, to be honest. I just don't like postmodern critical theory.
In other words, I don't have a problem with Bernie Sanders. I have a problem with the ideas of Foucault.

So then why on earth would you support a centrist over Bernie Sanders?! Why?!

Honestly it was because of Bernie's supporters. Bernie wasn't into postmodern theory but many of his supporters were, and I was a bit worried. Postmodern theory isn't compatible with free speech and freedom of conscience, and is therefore a dealbreaker for me. If the left would drop the postmodernism, I think us liberals (at least those not too keen on capitalism) would have a better relationship with the left.

Honestly it was because of Bernie's supporters. Bernie wasn't into postmodern theory but many of his supporters were, and I was a bit worried. Postmodern theory isn't compatible with free speech and freedom of conscience, and is therefore a dealbreaker for me. If the left would drop the postmodernism, I think us liberals (at least those not too keen on capitalism) would have a better relationship with the left.

If you're frustrated, let me offer this honest opinion: progressives should not have alienated liberals (broadly speaking, people who put freedom first) in the first place. Now's not too late to mend the relationship. Only with the support of liberals can LGBT rights be protected.