We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.
I am greatly enjoying in real time the mass migration of a certain population of Lemmy commentators from:
How DARE this evil Nazi man have this Nazi tattoo! Well I for one, will never vote for him.
To, three days later:
How DARE the establishment Democrats try to smear this honorable progressive by pretending he has a Nazi tattoo! Well I for one, will never vote for them.
(Yes, I know, different elements of the same population can have contrasting views. I get it. At the same time… where were all you guys who are now convinced this is is all a Democratic hit job, three days ago when we were trying to defend this good man from this particular Democratic hit job? Thought you cared about truth in politics.)
I didn’t have enough reliable data to make an informed decision so I kept my mouth shut.
I still don’t believe I have enough reliable data. Which is kinda the point with stuff like this, isn’t it? The disinformation wars are ongoing and unceasing.
The only time I can think of that we’ve ever been “duped” by taking someone at their word for what kind of candidate and person they are might have been Fetterman, but that was a real outlier situation, the dude suffered brain damage.
I seriously care a lot more about outcomes than performance, I don’t care what someone’s past or problems are if they’re going to do a good job, likewise, I don’t care if you’re the best, most shining beacon of progressive values in the world if you’re not going to do the politics I want to see. So I have mostly tuned out media when making decisions and just listen to candidates and look at their history. Full stop. We all have to stop clicking on stories that engage with our narrative-driven brains.
I am greatly enjoying in real time the mass migration of a certain population of Lemmy commentators from:
To, three days later:
(Yes, I know, different elements of the same population can have contrasting views. I get it. At the same time… where were all you guys who are now convinced this is is all a Democratic hit job, three days ago when we were trying to defend this good man from this particular Democratic hit job? Thought you cared about truth in politics.)
I didn’t have enough reliable data to make an informed decision so I kept my mouth shut.
I still don’t believe I have enough reliable data. Which is kinda the point with stuff like this, isn’t it? The disinformation wars are ongoing and unceasing.
The only time I can think of that we’ve ever been “duped” by taking someone at their word for what kind of candidate and person they are might have been Fetterman, but that was a real outlier situation, the dude suffered brain damage.
I seriously care a lot more about outcomes than performance, I don’t care what someone’s past or problems are if they’re going to do a good job, likewise, I don’t care if you’re the best, most shining beacon of progressive values in the world if you’re not going to do the politics I want to see. So I have mostly tuned out media when making decisions and just listen to candidates and look at their history. Full stop. We all have to stop clicking on stories that engage with our narrative-driven brains.