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'''Edward Liger Smith''' is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Socialism|socialist]]. He is a member of [[Midwestern Marx]] and a wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=Staff|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/staff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011214738/https://www.midwesternmarx.com/staff.html|archive-date=2022-10-11|retrieved=2022-10-16}}</ref> He falsely claimed that the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolsheviks]] "reach[ed] out" to members of the [[Black Hundreds]], a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Monarchism|monarchist]] group in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=@EdbieLigerSmith|title=If Modern day Western communists lived in Russia|url=https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1673102904436113409|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626023258/https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1673102904436113409|archive-date=26 Jun 2023|quote=If Modern day Western communists lived in [[Russian Empire|Russia]] they would have tweeted pictures of the [[Bolsheviks]] reaching out to the [[Black Hundreds|black hundreds]] and demanded that people cancel them for it.}}</ref>
'''Edward Liger Smith''' is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Socialism|socialist]]. He is a member of [[Midwestern Marx]] and a wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Midwestern Marx|title=Staff|url=https://www.midwesternmarx.com/staff.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011214738/https://www.midwesternmarx.com/staff.html|archive-date=2022-10-11|retrieved=2022-10-16}}</ref> He made the absurd claim that the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolsheviks]] were "reaching out" to members of the [[Black Hundreds]],<ref>{{Web citation|author=@EdbieLigerSmith|title=If Modern day Western communists lived in Russia|url=https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1673102904436113409|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626023258/https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1673102904436113409|archive-date=26 Jun 2023|quote=If Modern day Western communists lived in [[Russian Empire|Russia]] they would have tweeted pictures of the [[Bolsheviks]] reaching out to the [[Black Hundreds|black hundreds]] and demanded that people cancel them for it.}}</ref> a [[Far-right politics|far-right]] [[Monarchism|monarchist]] group in the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]].


== Tailist support for Donald Trump ==
== Tailist support for Donald Trump ==
On December 20th, 2023, Eddie Liger Smith wrote a tweet espousing the idea that [[Donald Trump]] was being unjustly affected by "...lawfare being used to manipulate elections."<ref>{{Web citation|author=@EdbieLigerSmith|title=Twitter Post 2023-12-20|date=2023-12-20|url=https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1737580869206921463|archive-date=2023-12-23|quote=If you admit to unfollowing us because we don’t support lawfare against Trump you’re admitting to living in a liberal echo chamber with no alternative analysis of Trump allowed.
On December 20th, 2023, Eddie Liger Smith wrote a tweet espousing the idea that [[Donald Trump]] was being unjustly affected by "...[[lawfare]] being used to manipulate elections."<ref>{{Web citation|author=@EdbieLigerSmith|title=Twitter Post 2023-12-20|date=2023-12-20|url=https://twitter.com/EdbieLigerSmith/status/1737580869206921463|archive-date=2023-12-23|quote=If you admit to unfollowing us because we don’t support lawfare against Trump you’re admitting to living in a liberal echo chamber with no alternative analysis of Trump allowed.


The State is a dictatorship of the ruling capitalist class… If you think that State is going after Trump because it has the best interests of the American people in mind, you’re either delusional or ignorant about the true function of the State.
The State is a dictatorship of the ruling capitalist class… If you think that State is going after Trump because it has the best interests of the American people in mind, you’re either delusional or ignorant about the true function of the State.
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Have some principles and learn to engage in a sober materialist analysis… enough of the Trump derangement syndrome, Marxists should be smarter than that.}}</ref>
Have some principles and learn to engage in a sober materialist analysis… enough of the Trump derangement syndrome, Marxists should be smarter than that.}}</ref>


This tweet came in response to the decision by the [[Colorado]] Supreme Court on December 19th, 2023 that Donald Trump could not<blockquote>...appear on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot in 2024... [because] [a] majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.<ref>Colorado Supreme Court [https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf 2023 CO 63]</ref></blockquote>This decision from the court was made because of Trump's actions in aiding and abetting the [[2021 United States Capitol insurrection]].
This tweet came in response to the decision by the [[Colorado]] Supreme Court on December 19th, 2023 that Donald Trump could not<blockquote>...appear on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot in 2024... [because] [a] majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the [[Constitution of the United States|United States Constitution]].<ref>Colorado Supreme Court [https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf 2023 CO 63]</ref></blockquote>This decision from the court was made because of Trump's actions in aiding and abetting the [[2021 United States Capitol insurrection]].


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 18:08, 13 January 2024

Edward Liger Smith is a Statesian socialist. He is a member of Midwestern Marx and a wrestling coach at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.[1] He made the absurd claim that the Bolsheviks were "reaching out" to members of the Black Hundreds,[2] a far-right monarchist group in the Russian Empire.

Tailist support for Donald Trump

On December 20th, 2023, Eddie Liger Smith wrote a tweet espousing the idea that Donald Trump was being unjustly affected by "...lawfare being used to manipulate elections."[3]

This tweet came in response to the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court on December 19th, 2023 that Donald Trump could not

...appear on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot in 2024... [because] [a] majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[4]

This decision from the court was made because of Trump's actions in aiding and abetting the 2021 United States Capitol insurrection.

References

  1. "Staff". Midwestern Marx. Archived from the original on 2022-10-11. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  2. “If Modern day Western communists lived in Russia they would have tweeted pictures of the Bolsheviks reaching out to the black hundreds and demanded that people cancel them for it.”

    @EdbieLigerSmith. "If Modern day Western communists lived in Russia" Archived from the original on 26 Jun 2023.
  3. “If you admit to unfollowing us because we don’t support lawfare against Trump you’re admitting to living in a liberal echo chamber with no alternative analysis of Trump allowed.

    The State is a dictatorship of the ruling capitalist class… If you think that State is going after Trump because it has the best interests of the American people in mind, you’re either delusional or ignorant about the true function of the State.

    We should condemn lawfare being used to manipulate elections on principle… because if they’ll do it to Trump they’ll do it to us… just look at how Lula da Silva was jailed before the election in 2018.

    Have some principles and learn to engage in a sober materialist analysis… enough of the Trump derangement syndrome, Marxists should be smarter than that.”

    @EdbieLigerSmith (2023-12-20). "Twitter Post 2023-12-20"
  4. Colorado Supreme Court 2023 CO 63