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.
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.
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.