It's hard for me to see how Aaron Coleman's interests are served by this kind of tweet. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1298298843713474561

There's a lot of screenshots circulating depicting really ugly behavior from Coleman in the very recent past. If those are real, then this kind of cheerleading is frankly obscene.

And I made the argument a couple of days ago that his actions as this scandal unfolded, as much as what he did in middle school, demonstrate that seeking public office isn't something he should be doing right now. https://twitter.com/studentactivism/status/1297553888808247299

But let's say you disagree with all that—you think the reports of his recent abusive behavior are all fraudulent, and you're glad he's re-entering the race. Shouldn't you STILL—hell, even more so—be rooting for the national frenzy around his campaign to die down?

And when you look at this in the light of everything Greenwald's been saying about ancilliary ethical issues in the last few days?

Hell. I'm gonna leave it there. I've got other stuff to do today.

Back for just a second, just to say that this is the logical endpoint of a worldview that says that people from older generations have no particular ethical obligations when interacting with young adults.

Update: The Intercept has confirmed the legitimacy of the screenshots mentioned near the top of this thread. https://theintercept.com/2020/08/25/aaron-coleman-ex-girlfriend-assault/