You really boiled it down to the bare essence of the arguments against Platner, or any candidate. Perception is everything! Those that consume an exclusive diet of right wing punditry may, to this day, not be aware of Trump's statement about women, his grift and that of his family, his Epstein connections, the list is endless. Their perception of Trump is far more positive then people that balance their news consumption. Perception wins in the court of public opinion. Platner, Swalwell, and whoever else stands accused deserve their day in court. They do not necessarily deserve to ask us for our trust. #Holdfast
Kristine...you closed with a sentence that deserves to be carved over the door:
"They deserve their day in court. They do not necessarily deserve to ask us for our trust."
That's the entire article in eighteen words. Court is a right. Trust is EARNED...applied for...reviewed...and revocable. Nobody's owed a Senate seat any more than they're owed my house keys.
Your point about the diet cuts deep: perception isn't just what happens to voters...it's what's FED to them.
Two Americas consuming two menus...each certain the other is starving. That's why the vetting matters SO MUCH on our side of the fence: we can't control their kitchen... but we can damn sure control what we serve!
This, in my opinion , is why you only have negative political ads on television. Whomever gets in the first insult wins because it puts the opposition on defense meaning that they now have to use facts and evidence to prove to the public that the public was lied to or were scammed. Politicians hate facts. They hate evidence. They love perception. Throwing the bullshit flag once the referee has made their proclamation seldom wins. Given that over 90%, my estimate, of politicians have zero professional integrity, we as an audience are subjected to a constant barrage of insults. If anyone with a tenth of a brain analyzed what was claimed in these ads, they wouldn't vote for any of them.
This is why the largest voting block in our elections are the people who don't vote. They think their choice is between the jerk and the asshole. So they say what's the use and don't vote, or if they do they do decide to cast their ballot they do for the candidate they hate the least. I's no wonder congress is populated with con-artists.
The first insult wins because defense costs facts...and offense only costs breath. A lie is airborne in six words...while truth is still lacing its boots. Sad, but true.
But...here's the pushback; you walked up to the con's final move...and almost bought it. "What's the use, don't vote" isn't the audience's conclusion.
It's the PRODUCT.
The barrage isn't trying to win your vote; it's trying to send you home. A disgusted non-voter....costs nothing and unilaterally disarms.
The non-voting block isn't escaping the con. It's the con's FINEST harvest. Staying in the booth...clear-eyed and unimpressed...is the one move the machine can't price.
Well put. My meeting with my Democratic candidate for the House seat currently held by a Republican is in two days. I am offering him an opportunity to minimize the con. Let's see if he takes actions or just throws his hands up in resignation.
Jack, I have been so dismayed by the number of comments from people who SUPPORT Platner and don't understand the nature of sexual abuse. They are clamoring, "Why didn't she report earlier? Why not go to the police?" all the usual blame-the-victim reports. Fact is, the Nazi tattoo would have disqualified him for me. I just don't understand people. YOU, I understand. Thanks.
Many people on social media I've seen commenting appear to be less principled when it comes to some of the issues they claim are so important to them... than they usually project.
That is what has disturbed me the most. They claim to be "progressive" but are exhibiting the exact opposite. Makes me very, well, angry and sad both. As you said in your earlier report, VETTING by his own party, his own team should have disqualified him months ago.
Only liars, opportunists, and otherwise poorly educated and propagandized people support capitalism and the corrupt Bourgeois power structure, and yes, that includes the DSA / Democratic Party.
Angry Prole...I'll give you the same straight talk I give everyone in this room...regardless of direction:
Any sentence that sorts every human being who disagrees with you into "liar, opportunist, or dupe" isn't analysis. It's a door slamming.
That framework has a FATAL flaw, and it's not moral...it's mathematical. If everyone who disagrees is corrupt or brainwashed...you've built a theory that can never be wrong...and a theory that can never be wrong...can never teach you anything.
The fear-farmers I write about...run the exact same software with different labels loaded:
OUR side sees; THEIR side is bought or blind.
Left or right...that code compiles the same way...into contempt...and contempt organizes nothing.
Critique capitalism all you want here; corruption, capture, the bought Congress. I write about it weekly...and the wounds are real.
But...the moment the argument becomes "everyone who disagrees is defective," you've stopped trying to persuade the very working people you'd need to WIN anything.
The measure of a movement...isn't the purity of its enemies list. It's who it can still talk to.
As per usual, you liberals have no good arguments. Not only do you liberals pretend to be upset about imperialism, war, austerity, etc., whenever a Democrat is in office declaring illegal wars and doing all sorts of nefarious things, you ignorant and propagandized liberals happily support it. You Democrat Supporters are poorly educated hypocrites.
Typical liberal, dismissing and smearing everyone to your left who calls out your ignorance. Unlike you fake leftists, I have receipts and can back up my claims.
You really boiled it down to the bare essence of the arguments against Platner, or any candidate. Perception is everything! Those that consume an exclusive diet of right wing punditry may, to this day, not be aware of Trump's statement about women, his grift and that of his family, his Epstein connections, the list is endless. Their perception of Trump is far more positive then people that balance their news consumption. Perception wins in the court of public opinion. Platner, Swalwell, and whoever else stands accused deserve their day in court. They do not necessarily deserve to ask us for our trust. #Holdfast
Kristine...you closed with a sentence that deserves to be carved over the door:
"They deserve their day in court. They do not necessarily deserve to ask us for our trust."
That's the entire article in eighteen words. Court is a right. Trust is EARNED...applied for...reviewed...and revocable. Nobody's owed a Senate seat any more than they're owed my house keys.
Your point about the diet cuts deep: perception isn't just what happens to voters...it's what's FED to them.
Two Americas consuming two menus...each certain the other is starving. That's why the vetting matters SO MUCH on our side of the fence: we can't control their kitchen... but we can damn sure control what we serve!
#Holdfast
-Jack
This, in my opinion , is why you only have negative political ads on television. Whomever gets in the first insult wins because it puts the opposition on defense meaning that they now have to use facts and evidence to prove to the public that the public was lied to or were scammed. Politicians hate facts. They hate evidence. They love perception. Throwing the bullshit flag once the referee has made their proclamation seldom wins. Given that over 90%, my estimate, of politicians have zero professional integrity, we as an audience are subjected to a constant barrage of insults. If anyone with a tenth of a brain analyzed what was claimed in these ads, they wouldn't vote for any of them.
This is why the largest voting block in our elections are the people who don't vote. They think their choice is between the jerk and the asshole. So they say what's the use and don't vote, or if they do they do decide to cast their ballot they do for the candidate they hate the least. I's no wonder congress is populated with con-artists.
Steven...you've reverse-engineered the machine:
The first insult wins because defense costs facts...and offense only costs breath. A lie is airborne in six words...while truth is still lacing its boots. Sad, but true.
But...here's the pushback; you walked up to the con's final move...and almost bought it. "What's the use, don't vote" isn't the audience's conclusion.
It's the PRODUCT.
The barrage isn't trying to win your vote; it's trying to send you home. A disgusted non-voter....costs nothing and unilaterally disarms.
The non-voting block isn't escaping the con. It's the con's FINEST harvest. Staying in the booth...clear-eyed and unimpressed...is the one move the machine can't price.
-Jack
Well put. My meeting with my Democratic candidate for the House seat currently held by a Republican is in two days. I am offering him an opportunity to minimize the con. Let's see if he takes actions or just throws his hands up in resignation.
GREAT WRITING!
Thank you, Roberta.
-Jack
Jack, I have been so dismayed by the number of comments from people who SUPPORT Platner and don't understand the nature of sexual abuse. They are clamoring, "Why didn't she report earlier? Why not go to the police?" all the usual blame-the-victim reports. Fact is, the Nazi tattoo would have disqualified him for me. I just don't understand people. YOU, I understand. Thanks.
Roberta...you're welcome.
I find it disturbing. I do.
Many people on social media I've seen commenting appear to be less principled when it comes to some of the issues they claim are so important to them... than they usually project.
-Jack
That is what has disturbed me the most. They claim to be "progressive" but are exhibiting the exact opposite. Makes me very, well, angry and sad both. As you said in your earlier report, VETTING by his own party, his own team should have disqualified him months ago.
So a consummate master of the confidence game sits on his throne giggling at the water boys with their leaky little buckets full of facts.
Buck...I think that pretty much sums it up.
-Jack
Nice one Jack!
Perception is everything.
Thank you, Mo. It really is.
-Jack
Concise and succinct, as usual! Great reminder of the emotional side to politics.
#HoldFast
Only liars, opportunists, and otherwise poorly educated and propagandized people support capitalism and the corrupt Bourgeois power structure, and yes, that includes the DSA / Democratic Party.
Angry Prole...I'll give you the same straight talk I give everyone in this room...regardless of direction:
Any sentence that sorts every human being who disagrees with you into "liar, opportunist, or dupe" isn't analysis. It's a door slamming.
That framework has a FATAL flaw, and it's not moral...it's mathematical. If everyone who disagrees is corrupt or brainwashed...you've built a theory that can never be wrong...and a theory that can never be wrong...can never teach you anything.
The fear-farmers I write about...run the exact same software with different labels loaded:
OUR side sees; THEIR side is bought or blind.
Left or right...that code compiles the same way...into contempt...and contempt organizes nothing.
Critique capitalism all you want here; corruption, capture, the bought Congress. I write about it weekly...and the wounds are real.
But...the moment the argument becomes "everyone who disagrees is defective," you've stopped trying to persuade the very working people you'd need to WIN anything.
The measure of a movement...isn't the purity of its enemies list. It's who it can still talk to.
-Jack
As per usual, you liberals have no good arguments. Not only do you liberals pretend to be upset about imperialism, war, austerity, etc., whenever a Democrat is in office declaring illegal wars and doing all sorts of nefarious things, you ignorant and propagandized liberals happily support it. You Democrat Supporters are poorly educated hypocrites.
Me thinks the gentleman doth protest too much!
Typical liberal, dismissing and smearing everyone to your left who calls out your ignorance. Unlike you fake leftists, I have receipts and can back up my claims.