All while pretending it’s about ‘government experience’ rather than ideology. We have an entire intellectual elite that is allergic to clearly stating what they think and providing evidence. - ThreadSky

michaelhobbes.bsky.social • 6 days ago

All while pretending it’s about ‘government experience’ rather than ideology. We have an entire intellectual elite that is allergic to clearly stating what they think and providing evidence.

Reposted from Doug Gordon

I don't think I've ever felt more like burning it all down than I have while witnessing the elite project to turn Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander into scary, incompetent monsters while turning an actual incompetent monster, Andrew Cuomo, into a merely complicated fellow who just made an oopsie.

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greene.haus•6 days ago

I mean, “it’s a club and you’re not in it” has the advantage of pith — but it’s a hard idea to package and sell to folks used to taking at least _lip service_ to meritocracy as a given.

tekla.bsky.social•6 days ago

“Say what you think and then provide evidence” really is ALL I want. It should not be this hard.

rahirah.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don't know if it means anything in the bigger picture, but a friend's (straight cis white well off) 20-something daughter who couldn't be bothered to vote in the presidential election did register to vote for Mamdani, so....

glitteraccretion.bsky.social•5 days ago

Yes. Yes it does. This is it. This actually means *everything*, in the bigger picture. This is exactly what we want. Voter activation. Passionate voter participation. Thank you for sharing this.

nearlydeadguy.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://substack.com/@leebloomquist/note/c-127265662

rexferal.bsky.social•6 days ago

buh-buh-buh-but covid!
yeah. sure. go with that.

hollyphantpants.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cuomo can be relied upon to collaborate with Trump, Mamdani cannot.

janetwebb.bsky.social•6 days ago

I hope smart, jaundiced New Yorkers aren't falling for the rope-a-dope. Cuomo had his opportunity and he's using New Yorker for his comeback.

tessafisher.bsky.social•6 days ago

Honestly, that's one of the things I find most vexing about this era--these cowards don't even have the guts to actually state what they believe in (if they believe in anything), it's all round-abouts and plausible deniability.

theradiostar.bsky.social•6 days ago

they know their ideology is deeply unpopular, no surprise that they lie about it

tessafisher.bsky.social•6 days ago

You would think that would prompt some introspection on their part!

bookshrike.bsky.social•6 days ago

What makes me climb the wall is that they don’t do this on the republican side. Where were the bashing of MTG, Boebert, Oz, Tuberville, Walker, that I’m not a witch lady and of course Trump. ZERO political experience between all of them. But AOC worked in a bar and Mandani raps, fukin sigh

45adapter.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you for reminding me about this lady. Weird to think back about what a big story this was, if it had taken place in the last few years it would’ve had to compete with 2-3 equally stupid things that happened in the same week

bookshrike.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thats the thing, it was a big story, but it was a big story about this video. NOT because she was not qualified. The press treats Democrats and Republicans completely differently. And it makes no sense

willhryan.bsky.social•5 days ago

When the Republican candidate is an absurd clown it seems embarrassing to take them seriously- so they just don't!! Then we get strapped into a clown car and driven off a cliff over and over. Remarkable.

ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social•6 days ago

The NY Times “intellectual elite” is contemptuous of its audience. They feel they can lie to our faces and we’re too stupid to see it.

danielwbrody.bsky.social•6 days ago

That intellectual elite knows it would struggle winning a lot of arguments on the merits so it leans on innuendo.

robinsloth.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yep, the NYT's refusal to actually endorse while expressly telling ppl to rank Cuomo and not Zohran so epitomizes this problem and is enraging

If people follow that recommendation, it directly elects Cuomo! It's not some complicated Rube Goldberg cause and effect chain! At least acknowledge it!

ecppdx.bsky.social•6 days ago

I don't understand how anyone falls for this in 2025. I guess the only people really being "duped" are those who already agree.

Wait, why does it sound like I just described Republicans?

themilfmag.net•6 days ago

as goofy as the implementation in nyc a super cool thing rcv has alrdy managed to accomplish is making these elites give up on hiding the ball

patrickluck.bsky.social•6 days ago

They don't want to admit that they are driven by class interests.

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