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Anonymous wrote:My main issue is that when he, Nadeau and Pinto speak you can tell they are people of very mediocre intellectual skill. That’s really different from the previous Councils. Even that complete lunatic White has more of an intellectual spark.

When people talk about “white privilege”, this is what they are referring to. You are right that they have mediocre intellects. They are also demonstrably incompetent. And yet they still retain a presumption of respectability by most people. There is no other way or reason why this could be possible, except effectively affirmative action for white people.

I have not ever met Pinto or Nadeau so can't speak to them, but I've spoken to Allen many times and I agree with this. The biggest thing is that I just find him so ingratiating. He's waiting to hear whatever everyone else has to say so that he can echo and endorse it. He wants his talking points and then he wants his cookie when he regurgitates them back to you.

But sadly, this is true of a lot of his constituents too. There is a lot of unthinking following on the Hill. There's this very annoying feedback loop where Allen just parrots what he thinks his constituents want to hear, and his constituents parrot what they think their neighbors want to hear. It's exhausting. I'm progressive but I feel like most people around here mostly just want to sound or appear progressive. They are more interested in breathlessly recounting their latest AOC or Mayor Pete sighting at Eastern Market than actually thinking through some of these ideas. It's a shame. Everyone is so busy patting themselves on the back for having the "right" opinions that they manage to never actually do anything of use. But "hate has no home here" according to their many yard signs, so I guess it doesn't matter?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/RumbleOTPotomac/status/1631823763338567681

Lobbying to get a convicted child rapist released from prison is just gross.

The Charles Allen Early-Release Law also led to someone getting killed. I don't care if most don't re-offend. This one is accused of killing someone. Blood is on Charles Allen's hands:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/darrell-moore-second-murder-charge/2021/05/12/3786cf54-b2a6-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html

Loathsome.

Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/RumbleOTPotomac/status/1631823763338567681

Lobbying to get a convicted child rapist released from prison is just gross.

The Charles Allen Early-Release Law also led to someone getting killed. I don't care if most don't re-offend. This one is accused of killing someone. Blood is on Charles Allen's hands:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/darrell-moore-second-murder-charge/2021/05/12/3786cf54-b2a6-11eb-ab43-bebddc5a0f65_story.html

Probably true. They really are embarrassing 🙈

Anonymous wrote:My main issue is that when he, Nadeau and Pinto speak you can tell they are people of very mediocre intellectual skill. That’s really different from the previous Councils. Even that complete lunatic White has more of an intellectual spark.

When people talk about “white privilege”, this is what they are referring to. You are right that they have mediocre intellects. They are also demonstrably incompetent. And yet they still retain a presumption of respectability by most people. There is no other way or reason why this could be possible, except effectively affirmative action for white people.

Pinto at least is independently wealthy, Nadeau had to grift

My main issue is that when he, Nadeau and Pinto speak you can tell they are people of very mediocre intellectual skill. That’s really different from the previous Councils. Even that complete lunatic White has more of an intellectual spark.

Anonymous wrote:He won’t resign - he got moved to a different committee and acts like he did nothing wrong/stupid. Now he is building bike lanes to nowhere and ruining neighborhood streets.

He got moved to a different committee and the has immediately screwed that up too. He is an absolute embarrassment of a politician.
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/03/02/dc-free-metrobus-plan-funding-roadblock

He won’t resign - he got moved to a different committee and acts like he did nothing wrong/stupid. Now he is building bike lanes to nowhere and ruining neighborhood streets.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing like progressive criminal justice reform to make the even the most rabid, backwoods Alabama republican senators to look competent. Now they’re going to force a vote on this and Biden has to choose looking soft on crime or against home rule. Nice work Allen and council.

It really is enraging. It's handing the republicans ammo on a silver platter. Meanwhile, our neighborhoods are feeling less and less safe.

+1000.

Ugh, no strategic thinking whatsoever on the part of the DC Council. We wouldn't be in this mess if Charles Allen had just drafted a common-sense crime reform bill instead of a left-wing dingbat wish list.

With his crime reform bill now dead, do you think Charles Allen will resign? What an embarrassment to see your signature legislation get vetoed by both the mayor and president of your own party.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing like progressive criminal justice reform to make the even the most rabid, backwoods Alabama republican senators to look competent. Now they’re going to force a vote on this and Biden has to choose looking soft on crime or against home rule. Nice work Allen and council.

It really is enraging. It's handing the republicans ammo on a silver platter. Meanwhile, our neighborhoods are feeling less and less safe.

+1000.

Ugh, no strategic thinking whatsoever on the part of the DC Council. We wouldn't be in this mess if Charles Allen had just drafted a common-sense crime reform bill instead of a left-wing dingbat wish list.

Anonymous wrote:Nothing like progressive criminal justice reform to make the even the most rabid, backwoods Alabama republican senators to look competent. Now they’re going to force a vote on this and Biden has to choose looking soft on crime or against home rule. Nice work Allen and council.

It really is enraging. It's handing the republicans ammo on a silver platter. Meanwhile, our neighborhoods are feeling less and less safe.