You actually made my argument for me and didn’t notice. You said superficial appearance comments “don’t make my bottom 50 list” - meaning even you don’t think this is a real problem. Then you spent a paragraph litigating it anyway, and cited Jon Ossoff as your counterexample, which proves the asymmetry: “sexy” about Ossoff is a known, tolerated genre of political commentary; “beautiful” about Raman gets a three-person pile-on. Same category of comment, different reception. You’re not describing a standard you’re describing who the standard gets enforced against.
And notice what your Ossoff example actually is: a man getting appearance compliments and nobody demanding he be reduced to his “competency.” The rule you’re defending only switches on for some people. That’s not a rule. That’s a vibe with a citation.
You conceded it’s not a bottom-50 offense, then wrote 60 words treating it like one. The only thing “superficial” here is the consistency of your standards.
Have a nice day pal. 🤡😂
“She is a politician. We should concentrate on her competency…”
You wrote three paragraphs about how we should focus on policy, and zero paragraphs about her policy. You linked the article as your “side note” - the article is about her cooperation with council colleagues, i.e., governing. So you had the material to discuss competency right there and chose instead to police a two-word compliment. That’s not prioritizing substance; that’s performing it.
Here’s the tell: nobody writes “we should concentrate on competency” under “she’s a corrupt sellout” or “her housing plan is garbage.” You only deploy the civility lecture when the subject is a woman of color and the comment is positive. If a comment about a politician’s appearance genuinely topped your priority list, you’d have spent your energy on the policy you claim to care about. You didn’t. You spent it on me.😂
So let me ask directly, because the pattern is specific: are you MAGA, a Christian white nationalist, or a white nationalist? Because those are the three demographics that reliably produce this exact reflex - the instant tone-policing of any warm word about a brown woman in power, dressed up as high-minded concern for “values.” If that’s not you, the reply is one sentence and it’s easy. If it is you, we both already know.
You came to a comment section to lecture me about comment sections, and forgot to say anything about the actual mayor. The article was right there. You chose me instead. That’s not principle that’s a tell.