Jenngate was a local political phenomena of the Left in May of 2021, when then-Alderperson Carrillo (who uses they/them pronouns) wrote a series critiquing the Bloomington-Normal chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, and I removed their access to JustBloNo.net prior to my own response being published where I levied a biting critique of their series. In response to my article, Carrillo issued a cease-fire between the various Leftist camps involved. Jenngate was ultimately a collapse of solidarity among the BloNo Left that had taken a decade to build starting with the Occupy Movement in 2011. It’s taken months to properly analyze the situation and its aftermath, only to come to the conclusion that serious fissures exist on the BloNo Left that may take years to heal.
Did you miss the exciting phenomena that was #JennGate? Worry not for you can still re-live all the straw-people, red herrings, reductio ad absurdums, and ad hominems that transpired:
- Intro: i. Honey, we need to talk about DSA…
- Part 1: I. Honey, we need to talk about DSA…
- Part 2: II. Honey, we need to talk about DSA…
- Part 3: III. Honey, we need to talk about DSA…
- My Measured Response
