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It seems it succeeded, by frustrating Warren and making it appear that she is significantly motivated by stifling dissenting voices, a possible abuse of the Fir

It seems it succeeded, by frustrating Warren and making it appear that she is significantly motivated by stifling dissenting voices, a possible abuse of the First Amendment [0]. I know there are lot of people here who identify with Warren's politics (myself included, to some degree), but petty personalities like hers aren't the ones we want in power. Thought there would be more awareness of that after the last presidential term. [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-amazon-twitter-taxes-unionization-alabama-union-bezos-2021-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-amazon-twit...

gameswithgo 6y ago
Indeed, if politicans are going to adopt the practice of governance by snotty tweets they can expect business and constituents to do the same as they have been doing. I do wish everyone would stop though.
busterarm 6y ago
> I know there are lot of people here who identify with Warren's politics (myself included, to some degree), but petty personalities like hers aren't the ones we want in power. Thought there would be more awareness of that after the last presidential term. I just wanted to say that I identify a lot with your comment. I think tribalism is a stronger factor than you realize though and there seems to be little-to-no "same-sides" criticism in public. I've always been extremely critical of Warren, despite mostly being on the same side politically. I think she's among the worst that we have to offer...but tribalism is an extremely strong force in public discourse and politics, regretably. More importantly, she says really bombastic things that no one else is saying and make a subset of progressives feel really good. It gets a strong following. In fact, I think we can probably say the same about Sanders, Beto, Yang and Buttigeg. Each one of them appeals to a specific extreme and pulls all of the disparate voices into a single voting block. I think we on the left rely on this and probably can't cast those people out, no matter how much we need to.

gameswithgo 6y ago

Indeed, if politicans are going to adopt the practice of governance by snotty tweets they can expect business and constituents to do the same as they have been doing. I do wish everyone would stop though.

busterarm 6y ago

> I know there are lot of people here who identify with Warren's politics (myself included, to some degree), but petty personalities like hers aren't the ones we want in power. Thought there would be more awareness of that after the last presidential term. I just wanted to say that I identify a lot with your comment. I think tribalism is a stronger factor than you realize though and there seems to be little-to-no "same-sides" criticism in public. I've always been extremely critical of Warren, despite mostly being on the same side politically. I think she's among the worst that we have to offer...but tribalism is an extremely strong force in public discourse and politics, regretably. More importantly, she says really bombastic things that no one else is saying and make a subset of progressives feel really good. It gets a strong following. In fact, I think we can probably say the same about Sanders, Beto, Yang and Buttigeg. Each one of them appeals to a specific extreme and pulls all of the disparate voices into a single voting block. I think we on the left rely on this and probably can't cast those people out, no matter how much we need to.