# I Pit Babale **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 7, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738 "2025-04-07T14:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1457
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738/1457 "2026-10-26T09:48:50Z")
Let’s take a look at pre-Oct 7th @Babale: > [@Ah honest attempt to 'see the other side' by a Progressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ah-honest-attempt-to-see-the-other-side-by-a-progressive/926354): > > There are a couple threads here where posters have told Progressives or Dems in general to see the world from a Trumpers point of view. I am very Progressive and have been for a while. I started out my adult life as a Progressive. However, there was about 15 years or so in ‘the middle’ where I was swinging into the Right. If I hadn’t stepped back, who knows, I might be a Trumper now. What brought me back? Watching the second Bush in office/Cheny etc…but what really nailed it for me was whe… In this thread from 2020, his politics are pretty much indistinguishable from mine. He talks about and criticizes American white supremacism, CIA involvement in foreign coups, wealth inequality, the legacy of colonialism, and much more. He’s pretty much an AOC progressive, borderline DSA Democrat. He started the following thread explicitly to defend the “far left” against criticism by supposedly moderate Democrats: > [@The "Far Left" is already being demonized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-left-is-already-being-demonized/924994): > > Before the Trump presidency is even over, we start hearing talk of how the “Far Left” nearly cost Biden the election. Medicare for All is portrayed as a ridiculous proposition, as is police reform. Will the Democrats give in to this sort of pressure and abandon meaningful police or Healthcare reform? If so, will this really win them the approval and cooperation of Republicans? Frankly, I think the first is all too likely, and the latter won’t happen in a million years. I fear we will see 4 mo… He even specifically praises AOC for her defense of “the left” with regards to the Democratic party: > [@The "Far Left" is already being demonized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-far-left-is-already-being-demonized/924994/65): > > That AOC interview is spot on. Oct 7th broke his brain. I miss the old Babs. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-babale/1016738)._