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Being a jerk on social media is a negative to weigh against a candidate's possibly great policy positions. But our stupid media environment makes being a jerk a path to the attention needed to run in the first place. And our stupid electoral system means voters usually have few other options to vote for anyway, without supporting a spoiler candidate. If you want less dirtbags, make the media and the electoral systems better. cc @aselrod.bsky.social https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-dirtbags-wont-save-us/