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I'm not saying you directly said that, but your specific criticisms make it definitely seem like that is what you were saying. But, I'll take your word for it if that's not what you meant.Mostly, politicians should vote on bills, write legislation to help people, etc. But again, I never said she "shouldn't" tweet, etc. So you sort of keep repeating that, but I never said it. I just said that I don't find her genuine, and that will taint the information she tries to disseminate because I doubt her overall motivations with it.
And yes, I think the authenticity and how genuine a representative of the people is does matter. To me anyway. It doesn't have to matter to everyone.
As I was saying about your impossible standard, there's not much to discuss/debate in regards to her if your starting point is she's not a genuine actor--especially to the degree that you think she lacks authenticity. And that's all good.
To be clear, I'm not saying that the authenticity of a representative doesn't matter. I was just saying it shouldn't of been a factor in this case; or be used as a blanket to dismiss everything a person ever says.
In my counter example, Ted Cruz and MTG (two people that I have no respect for and don't believe have an authentic bone in their body) could have made the same case as AOC did and it would be just as valid to me. I know they're against abortion so them calling out Planned Parenthood would fall right in line with what they believe. I wouldn't need to bring up Jewish space lasers or Cancun in order to discuss their "pro-life" argument.