We should have bingo cards or something
And nothing I said implies otherwise. My point is that I would be far more impressed if she actually put in the work rather than just grandstanding. But you do you.
Then help me understand - how do you feel that sharing this without the correct context was constructive?
On the ballot in like 14 states? Yeah, I would say her chances are…low. Would be far more impressed if instead of running for President with no chance to win, she ran for a state legislature seat, hell even county board. Encourage others to do the same. You don’t build a coalition or party by just running for President with no experience or support. So she’s either grandstanding, a useful idiot, or so hopelessly uninformed that she’s got no idea what she’s doing. We need better third parties and you don’t do that by trying to “raise awareness” every four years, you do that by running and winning smaller races until they can’t ignore you anymore.
Probably one of my faves that I think is criminally underrated. Great quotable Rip Torn lines, Albert Brooks as his awkward, insecure everyman best, and an amazing comedic performance from Meryl Streep.
Then my only advice would be to try and share in ways that are constructive rather than the opposite.
You could have just admitted it was a mistake without the grandstanding. All Democrats criticize the Democratic Party - it’s like a requirement, and it doesn’t make you special.
Criticism is our strength, though it’s often viewed as a weakness by others. But that criticism needs to be grounded in facts and reality, or else it undercuts the actual germane and real criticisms that need to be discussed and acted on.
If your post was in error, as you said, delete it and post something constructive. Maybe even link to the same thing, note the age of the link, but ask what needs to be done to make sure this doesn’t happen again. That might actually be a useful discussion. Otherwise you’re just throwing metaphorical molotovs and doing unintended damage.
I don’t normally have a problem with this bot (it’s fairly simple to block/ignore), but it really needs to make a difference between opinion pieces- which don’t have to meet the normal journalistic standards- and actual news articles. The NYT has a host of systemic issues in its news coverage, but this is not that. This is a separate issue of them platforming some really horrendous takes on their opinion pages - and the bot shouldn’t mark opinion pieces with the same info it does news articles.
I simply outlined the only two possible motivations for the post that I could think of and gave OP a prompt to explain if it was simply a mistake on their part. Did I miss a motivation that explains the context of the post?
An article from 23 June isn’t really that relevant anymore IMO. Aren’t there more current articles describing essentially the same thing at more recent ones
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Wait, have we established the outer parameters of a “Mel Spectrum”?!