Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. We get distracted, or passionate about something and we ignore the consequences of our actions, or we say something that is out of character and out of line. It’s important to learn from these mistakes, so that we can grow as a person, especially when it is our goal to go into some sort of leadership position.
John is a well known member of the party. Dare I say he is infamous for his voracious blogging habits. While I probably agree with John on many items, where I differ from him is with his approach. While I’m no stranger to speaking out, and perhaps making enemies, I try to stick to the facts, and I try to keep from being an outright bully. The violation of the Hatch Act above could simply be written off as passion.
However 4 years later John stirred further controversy with his misogynistic comments towards a member of the GOP. I am definitely not a GOP apologist, and I strongly disagree with most of their platform. That said, there is no excuse for open misogyny. There are plenty of ways to call out a politician without resorting to rude, crass, and sexist language. Ok, he got out of hand, maybe it was just a one time deal.
But no. Here is John, again criticizing others. This time he is being vindictive and rude towards other Democratic voters, because he disagreed with their pick for candidate. It’s one thing to list out why a candidate is problematic, it is quite another to brand anyone that disagrees with his beliefs as “dope smoking voters”. John talks about the need to fall in line for the sake of party unity, but apparently that unity only works one way. His way. FYI, studies have shown that if Texas would legalize marijuana, we would be able to avoid the budgetary disaster that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing. The economic benefit to Texas for legalization of marijuana has been addressed for years.
John was elected SD11 Committee Man a few years ago and had to resign for personal reasons. It’s important to note that at the same time he was facing a lot of heat from conservative advocates for this tweet. It is hard to take the high road in gun reform when you make tweets like this. FYI I am a gun owner and a huge advocate for greater gun reform to ensure that nobody, no student, worshiper, or fellow Texan has to fear for their lives due to gun violence. I have worked with March for Our Lives and other gun reform groups, so I understand the complexities of the gun reform discussion in Texas, and I also realize that this approach (John’s approach) does way more damage to the cause than is needed.
This year John tried to push through a change to the party rules to ensure that DSA members and other progressive members would be disenfranchised and booted out of the party. He claims that it is because they won’t support another Democratic Party Presidential candidate. I was a Bernie supporter in the 2016 primary and voted for Hillary during the general. I again supported Warren and Sanders this year, but I am currently serving as Biden delegate to the state convention. I brought this up, because John has a history of poking this “divide” as an excuse to silence progressives.
This was his reply to my commentary, right before John blocked me from his wall.
It’s obvious that John has a one track mind, he’s not open to compromise or discussion, and his approach to conflict is to attack, demean, and mock others. He spreads false statements, and tries to silence any who would argue with him on his approach.
John cares little for the opinions of others, and only seeks to further divide progressives from moderates.