Thread by @HoarseWisperer

Let me add to my running post-block-post-block spree before more people insist on self-blocking by arguing with me:

Paying attention to shiny objects actually hurts substantive candidates.

It steals media attn. It starves people of substance from having a chance to rise.

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Getting a collective chubby over Michael Avenatti or Oprah or The Rock or Trump or Mark Cuban or any other woefully unqualified pop culture figure actually does damage.

It sets a “likability” bar higher than REALLY qualified candidates can reach - even though that’s damaging.
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President Donald J. Trump.

Say that out loud.

That’s what the Celebrity President fervor got us.

That’s what an infatuation with the guy on TV wrought.

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A whole lot of Trump voters chose him over 17 other candidates because they knew him only from The Apprentice.

It doesn’t matter who the next figure is, if you know them only from TV, you’re doing the same thing.

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Again: Celebrity Infatuation hurts the entire political process.

It damages the entire damn system.

It makes people stay home if they’re not “excited”.

It makes bad candidates win.

It is not benign. It’s a cancer.

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I will not be complicit in spreading that utterly insane, toxic, damaging sh** on my own timeline.

So, if you want to promote Avenatti or Oprah or Cynthia Nixon or any other illegitimate candidate made viable only by their celebrity, I’m gonna boot ya.

It ain’t personal.

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The stakes are too high to enable what I know to be utterly damaging to the cause of selected QUALIFIED leaders for hard jobs made even harder by the celebrity disaster we elected last time.

Fan club politics is a recipe for disaster. No. Just no.

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