 You know, I do have my policy and strategic disagreements with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez With that being said, I have largely defended her up until this point against right-wing attacks because I just feel like they're baseless They're overly hyperbolic But there is a new scandal involving AOC and Personally, I don't know that this is going to be something that she will be able to overcome I don't know that I as an individual will be able to support her After finding out what you're gonna find out right now So in an exclusive report for the Washington Times Alex Sawyer explains self-declared socialist AOC splurges on high-dollar hairdo. It's safe to say at this point She's done I literally got a haircut yesterday. I guess this means that I am No longer a socialist damn, you know, if anyone found out that I am a gamer and you know I have a gaming addiction not really an addiction, but I play a lot of video games I'm sure that that would undermine, you know, my credibility as a Democratic socialist as well. So this is serious AOC at this point. I don't know how she's gonna recover, but let's get to the report So Sawyer goes on to explain representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has allowed life in Washington to go to her head Literally the self-declared socialist who regularly rails against the rich and complains about the cost of living inside the Beltway Spent nearly three hundred dollars on her hairdo at a pricey salon She frequents in downtown Washington. The Washington Times has learned the New York Democrat ventured into last-tangle salon on 19th Street Northeast last month and shelled out $80 for a haircut and $180 for low lights According to sources familiar with the salon a 20% tip would have added $52 to the bill Her stylist did not respond to a request for comment about the tip Okay This is basically an onion article But like this is legit like this is an individual from a right-wing News outlet that is literally Seriously writing this her stylist did not respond Do you not like have anything serious to be reporting on like I'm asking genuinely like this is an earnest question Do you not feel as if this? Kind of is you know a betrayal of what you became a journalist for I mean this isn't what you want to be reporting on right? This doesn't make you feel accomplished, right? I mean there has to be something better than this for you to talk about I mean I just I'm confused like at this point I didn't think that we we'd get here right where they're literally So petty that they're going to say that she's a hypocritical socialist because she went to a salon and got a haircut I Mean there are no words to explain the absurdity here The only thing I could say is if you you know told me that this was an onion article I would think it was the most brilliant satirical piece that they've put out in months, but this is not satire This is real it reminds me of the article from Newsweek where they criticized socialist Bernie Sanders for wearing a $700 jacket while complaining about rich people I mean any individual who is shameless enough to write something like this one of these articles They are inadvertently admitting their ignorance. They're admitting that they don't know about socialism They don't know about real political issues, and they're also just the laziest hacks ever I mean this article right here about AOC's haircut. This is the Matt Bore's comic Personified where you know someone says we should improve society somewhat and someone says yet you participate in society Curious. I am very intelligent. I mean this is the article right here You can't participate in society In a capitalist society if you're a socialist otherwise you're a hypocrite I mean is this really how you want to be represented like if I were a Republican just strategically speaking? I would say look maybe tone down on this type of articles because it makes all of us look down Like if there was someone on the left that was doing this I would feel inclined to criticize them because I just feel like you know when you start Resorting to this you just look like a fool now look that doesn't necessarily mean that they can't make fun of AOC I make fun of Donald Trump for being sweaty all the time and orange and just stupid But like to make this the centerpiece of an attack It doesn't really make sense like there's no substance here And it really just shows how vapid the right is collectively speaking because while people like AOC are going around making the case for Medicare for All they're criticizing her saying well Maybe you're not a true socialist because you had a haircut Gotcha as she makes the case for us to get down to net zero co2 emissions They say oh well she must want to ban hamburgers literally I mean do you not think that this is going to hurt your credibility as right wingers? Don't you want to try to do better so that way you give us at least something to work with I mean Arguing against this is impossible because this isn't an argument. This is the absence of an argument This is just idiocy right here now as Jacobin tweeted out hilariously sad to see Democratic socialists like Bernie and AOC Do things like buy winter coats and get haircuts Don't they know that real socialists avoid purchasing goods and services and now AOC responded to that saying 40 million Americans live in poverty Under today's extreme inequality yet the right wing want you to blame Democratic socialism for their own moral failures Our policies like Medicare for all advance prosperity for working people. They're just mad. We look good doing it So there you have it. I don't know what to say about this There really is nothing that I can add like to compliment just the fact that this story happened Like I tried to find funny clips, you know additional memes to add and we've got a couple But I mean it's funny on its own like you can't even really make fun of this because just the content itself is It's borderline satirical like it's indistinguishable from satire So there's no way to parody how comical the right has become there's no way to really make fun of them in You know a way that's meaningful because they do that themselves like this discredits themselves So I mean look if you want to argue against AOC She's not above criticism if you want to talk about the fundamentals of Single-payer Medicare for all if you want to talk about why maybe her approach to climate change isn't the best in your view You'd be wrong. I would argue against you But at least we'd be arguing based on policy, but this right here. This is just gutter politics. This is This is so stupid. I don't even know what else to say About this. I mean Jesus Christ I would say do better But I want you to keep fucking up like this because this just makes the left look good and the right looked like the clowns that you are You could support the humanist report at patreon.com Slashed humanist report, but trust me I'd have way more supporters at patreon if that was my podcast said