I& #39;m not personally scared of Aaron Coleman, who is a random living in Kansas and, as he himself complains, too much of an ignorant dumbass to survive this scandal or any future ones that might arise

I& #39;m really fucking scared of the "JUSTICE FOR AARON" brigade though
It says a lot of really bad things about where our society is that as many people flocked to taking the asshole& #39;s side in this tiny KS state legislature race that they did

This wasn& #39;t about power or policy, this was identity politics - they identify with this kid
They are EAGER to pull the lever on this imaginary trolley problem they just invented

There was no way getting Frownfelter out of seat #37 in the KS state house would affect KS abortion rights or Medicaid or whatever

BUT WHAT IF IT DID
It& #39;s like those wackjobs who want you to imagine a bomb about to go off and the only password to defuse it is saying a racial slur

"What if the only way to achieve Medicare for All was to forgive a revenge porn creep

What if that was our ONLY HOPE"
@gwensnyderPHL talks a lot about this

There& #39;s a small but committed group of influencers whose whole job is to pipeline angry young white men on the Left to the Right via this resentment of "woke idpol"

"They& #39;re gonna MeToo EVERY socialist candidate, just you wait"
It& #39;s fucking terrifying

Ask yourself what kind of community you& #39;re building for yourself by enshrining the principle that interpersonal cruelty and violence isn& #39;t IMPORTANT compared to REAL POLITICS
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