Thread by @Nitzky89

it ought to be easy for personalities promoting #ForceTheVote to say "I support the effort, this is a good idea, I give Jimmy credit, but what he does now is over the line."
that would be "separating the message from the messenger", not acting like one guy's twitter defense team.

seriously, these ppl listen to Jimmy's ravings, nod along, cackle, pile on every critic, act like Dore's publicists, and then will tell you "why ppl making it about Jimmy". who made a strategic disagreement into a litmus test on "standing between you and healthcare"?

btw "separating message from the messenger" is a good rule in intellectual disputes, but they've branded this as a movement, and Jimmy's raving as "agitation".
well, actually minding how you talk to ppl is kinda big part of effective agitation, not "tone policing".

go outside twitter bubble, and see how constantly screaming "eff you, we'll rip you to shreds, you have it coming" works with normal ppl.
screaming at progressive electeds and media personalities works as a brand promotion strategy, not mobilizing popular support for m4a.

it's kinda funny, if you tried to imagine a perfect m4a pressure campaign, you'd make every single thing about it the opposite of FTV:
- focus on organizing in districts, not posting and going on each other's shows
- try to reach ppl outside of progressive media ecosystem

- put a pressure on the party leadership and all co-sponsors of m4a bill.
when you only go after ppl perceived by the general public as the strongest advocates for your cause, and media ppl you have beefs with, normal ppl think "left is eating their own, how typical".