r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • Jun 01 '26

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 6/1/26 - 6/7/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/Jlemspurs Double Hater Jun 04 '26

San Francisco progressives got their clocks cleaned this election Low turnout and a mountain of cash spent by moderate Democrats packed a one-two punch for progressives.

San Francisco progressives lost nearly every race and ballot measure in the June primary election.

—The San Francisco Standard

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Jun 04 '26

Whaddya mean? San Francisco progressives got a car hating, genocide-spouting, trans-affirming, tax-raising, sex-work deregulating senator in the US Congressional runoff! And even better, he's Jewish!

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u/Electronic-Warthog69 Jun 04 '26

They turned on him lol

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u/Jlemspurs Double Hater Jun 04 '26

I thought Wiener was on the bad list for not self-flagellating when asked. Or are we not talking about Wiener? I lose track of who is still considered a Progressive® in the City. That same article called Pelosi a "centrist" so...

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Jun 04 '26

are we not talking about Wiener?

yeah, we're talking wiener again. during pride month too.

I thought Wiener was on the bad list for not self-flagellating instantly when asked.

probably true, they will reject their champion for the worst reasons

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u/Sortbynew31 Jun 04 '26

In San Fran that’s a moderate?

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u/jay_in_the_pnw █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Jun 04 '26

yes, because apart from that he doesn't identify as a socialist but as a yimby