i have kinda kept my mouth shut about it because i didn't want to step on any toes or piss off the people in the thread, but in my short hiatus, i've spent some time considering, and i think it's time for toestepping.
specifically, when it comes to someone like putsch or fishback, they are too... perfect. they feel like they know what it takes to get elected by the right wing, and they believe (maybe rightly in fishback's case, probably wrongly in putsch's case) that they can pull it off. i have no comment on whether or not fishback's drama is legitimate or an attempt to fuck him over, but i have always gotten slightly off vibes from him AND putsch since the very beginning. even in my flaming, documented, vein-popping hatred for jeets, i wasn't confident enough in putsch to go beyond hoping quietly that he succeeded, and now he's gone so far as to get himself banned from ketamine central, while sperging so hard against trump that he has almost assuredly killed any momentum against vivek that he had from the anti-Jeet crowd who still like trump. the left don't even have to worry about this problem because the more mentally ill and unhinged their candidates, the better.
if a political candidate looks too good to be true, they probably are. the only thing i can hope for now is that putsch gets down on his knees and begs forgiveness of his potential constituents, and that fishback is not nearly as bad as anyone against him has claimed so far. feel free to rate me dumb, optimistic, whatever you want, but i feel like if you were being realistic with yourself, putsch turning out to be a bit of a loon and a lot less electable than he seems was something you were prepared for.
may putsch get his head out of his ass, and may fishback fully beat any allegations.