Bad Start

From RepublicoPolitico:Klobuchar jumps into presidential race

"We're starting in Wisconsin because, as you remember, there wasn't a lot of campaigning in Wisconsin in 2016. With me, that changes."

The Gomez Effect

(Or, "Shibboleths And You")

Those who recognize the above image need no explanation. For the rest, a brief explanation: Gomez Addams, patriarch of the Addams family, is driven into a passionate frenzy whenever his wife Morticia speaks French, even one word of it, exclaiming, "Tish, you spoke French!".
I have seen few people in the world who could be so worked up over words, or at least ones not meant to be harmful and belittling, until I watched the "leftists" of the Internet listening to whichever person crowed about being "anti-war". They fell for it when Racist Ronnie Paul did it, they fell for it when Racist Sexist Gun-Loving Finger-Wagging Peepaw did it, they even told themselves that Satsuma Shitbag was an "anti-war" candidate because he wasn't the Accursed Emails Woman. And now, now they're telling themselves that Tootsie Garbage and her dictator-loving ilk are "anti-war".

It's a shibboleth. A phrase to separate the in-group from the out-group. And if you're not saying all the shibboleths ("anti-war", "anti-imperialist", "Medicare for All", "Green New Deal", etc.), you're not Of The Body.

And if you're not Of The Body, well, you're not a person. How nice.

A Short Timeline

January 23 2019, circa 6:00 AM EST: Pete Buttigieg announces the formation of an exploratory committee regarding a 2020 presidential bid.

January 23 2019, circa 6:01 AM EST: Progressives declare Pete Buttigieg to be "Not of the Body". (And yes, I'm shamelessly stealing this from driftglass)

Okay, I'll admit that it hasn't happened yet, at least that I've seen, but I'll be damned if they won't do it the moment he becomes a threat to Tootsie Garbage or Racist Sexist Gun-Loving Finger-Wagging Peepaw.

I mean, I'll be damned anyway if I'm wrong, but still-