The Internet Dick
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- 7 de Ene, 2022
Socialist Party presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs ran for office from prison in 1920 and people still talk about it--& him. Woodrow Wilson had thrown Debs in prison for opposing American involvement in WWI. Thing is, Debs was the real deal, a man whose job before politics was working as a coal shoveler for the railroads, which he did for 15 years before elected to a union steward position. Debs wasn't well-educated but he was charismatic and shrewd. He knew the publicity surrounding his imprisonment would do wonders for his party, which most people didn't even know existed.His insistence that 'I've not been convicted for committing a crime' has always struck me as odd. I would've thought that having been persecuted by the US Government would be a great piece of marketing for a fringe political actor; to instead profess that he's squeaky clean seems retarded, it paints him as a bit of a coward, especially when being part of Jan 6 is such a valuable piece of street cred in the right wing.
Put Debs' politics aside for a moment and focus on the man. Debs was authentic, a hard man who had been through some shit and came out the other side harder and better. Now contrast Debs with Nick fucking Fuentes, this skeevy, whiny, wetback weakling with a nasal voice and a 70's porn movie mustache. I could carve a better man from a fucking banana.