Vichy Dems need to step aside. Antifa or GTFO.

Which is why I don't think the naive/ignorance argument is tenable for her.

It's more about tone/guilt by association. There is nothing technically inaccurate afaik, but a casual reading makes it appear as though Lydia's stances across the board are equal to Frey's, and their donors', which I know is, in many respects, untrue.

That, to me, was the deal-breaker for considering Lydia as a candidate; at best, she was naive and ignorant to why she was the favorite of these groups. At worst, it meant that, despite the things that I knew to be personally true of her, she was running a campaign opposed to my values. 6/end

Republican donors/voters, landlords. I think it's possible that Lydia was unaware (Jackson Hampton, who I also know, and who almost ran before he decided to support her campaign, was certainly naive to it), but that ignorance had to have been short-lived 5/x

For instance, very early on in her campaign, I saw the people who came out of the gates in support of Lydia, and it was a whos-who of reactionary liberals, who have argued against police accountability, argued in favor of mayoral authoritarianism, against humane responses to homelessness... 4/x

Combine that with the hit/smear campaign on Lydia, it's been very frustrating to watch. But here's the thing: while Lydia the person is wonderful, Lydia the candidate has some significant issues that the smear campaign is accurate on. 3/x

at least based on the people I've spoken to and the materials I've received. Like, *I* know Aisha has done a *lot*, but a lot of that is behind-the-scenes and not flashy, and there's no way most people would be able to tell. 2/x

On the spectrum of possibilities I would put her closer to Chughtai than to a Vetaw or Rainville, assuming she doesn't cave to pressure if she happens to get elected.

I think it's unfair to her. I agree that she has attracted the support of pretty much all the worst people you can think of, but from what I can tell it's because they hate Aisha Chughtai that much, and Lydia is "less that"

Do you prefer

🔴 leaders who do things and believe in things
⚫️ leaders who don’t do things and don’t appear to believe in things

I'll be there talking about tabletop roleplaying games!

My teenager is very much into learning new languages, I've sent this their way, and will pass along any feedback.