The argument that ActBlue should ignore what's going on in KS HD 37 and just treat Aaron Coleman like any other nominee and "let the voters decide" is exactly like arguing Facebook should just "let readers decide" about COVID-19 misinformation
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It's an especially silly argument for ActBlue, which is a nonprofit PAC with a nakedly partisan mission statement, to advance the Democratic Party through enabling small dollar fundraising You might as well say ActBlue is "biased" because they don't fundraise for Republicans
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ActBlue cut off Coleman because not only is the institutional Democratic Party unified against him but it is manifestly obvious that him continuing to campaign as a Democratic nominee is harmful to the party's reputation
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Maybe someday ActBlue will intervene on behalf of the party in this way and they'll be doing something wrong because the party is on the side of wrong That's as may be, and you can save your protests against ActBlue and the Dems for that day
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But there's no betrayal here, no breaking of rules or contracts ActBlue is doing the job they're explicitly set up for The fact that you perceive them as nothing but a payment processor doesn't mean that's what they actually are
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in the public interest is the key words, there is still the issue of who decides what is in the public interest but that problem is older then facebook
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And "playing at being neutral" is, itself, a decision those with the platforms are making, so it's not really much of an argument - certainly not an argument against them taking a more active role.
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Also just seems weird to be yelled at to “pick a principle” from a guy that has been effectively running defense for a serial abuser.
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the Tragedy of grim & greenwald
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ActBlue isn’t the only game in town. Van exists. Either Grim doesn’t know this or he’s back on his bad faith bullshit. Probably both, tbh.
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