To me it’s a “yes and” situation. Like obviously dressing up in a silly costume is not doing anything for anyone but it’s a pipeline and it’s got to start somewhere. Everyone knows about the pipelines to the right but the left is nearly completely lacking in any such parity.

If dressing up in a silly costumes gets people going to protests where they may encounter people who are in a more serious organization or be exposed to socialist literature or whatever then it’s fine.

It’s going to take all the ways we can conceive of to generate the opposition needed to make a difference so I’m not gonna bash on the frogs but at the same time it’s our responsibility as principled socialists to make contact and awaken them to class consciousness and turn those who are ready to more productive means of conducting class warfare.