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[deleted] OP t1_j5ljip6 wrote

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George4Mayor86 t1_j5lnwi0 wrote

He represents part of Queens. This Republican fraud (but I repeat myself) is NYC news.

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Grass8989 t1_j5looki wrote

A tiny sliver of queens. He’s also universally hated by democrats and (most) republicans. Even Fox News hates him.

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George4Mayor86 t1_j5lplgm wrote

Not by Republican leadership though - they just put him on the science committee.

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Grass8989 t1_j5lqg5h wrote

Didn’t the Long Island GOP call for him to resign? Yea maybe Margory Taylor Green thinks he’s a great guy but most dont.

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George4Mayor86 t1_j5lqtcg wrote

Doesn’t matter, it’s Republican House leadership that makes the calls and they’re all for him.

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Grass8989 t1_j5lso2r wrote

And the Republican house leadership is not based in New York City. This should probably be discussed in r/politics

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George4Mayor86 t1_j5lt1ja wrote

It’s ultimately the idiots of eastern queens and long island who need to be informed what a fraud this guy is so they can make a better choice next time.

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Grass8989 t1_j5lt9t1 wrote

They’re very well aware and most want him to resign. I also don’t think they’re looking at the nyc subreddit and basing their opinion of posts here. You’re “preaching to the choir”.

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George4Mayor86 t1_j5ltuep wrote

Oh, there are plenty of Long Islanders here. Just look for them in the next “speed cameras are oppressing me” thread.

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Grass8989 t1_j5lvy3o wrote

And you think that if they’re still “for” George Santos at the point, a post like this will change their mind?

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George4Mayor86 t1_j5m8j1v wrote

I think repeatedly confronting them with just how fucking stupid their choice was is good, yes.

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[deleted] OP t1_j5lrzb3 wrote

Legitimately looking for some input here:

Why is a 'megathread' necessary for George Santos when the topic itself gets relatively few posts? For example, there has only been 1 other post about George Santos in the last 3 days that is still up. That post has only managed to gain around +10 upvotes and 2 comments in the 15 hours it has been up. Outside of that post and this post, the last George Santos-related post which is still up on the subreddit is from last Friday.

Even in /r/LongIsland's Week 4 George Santos 'megathread', there have only been ~50 comments, while the post itself has been up for 11 days (and pinned to the top of the 130,000 member subreddit for 7, I assume), which, when factoring in the number of recent George Santos posts from this subreddit, shows that there isn't really enough for a megathread, in my opinion.

Also, when the topic of crime posts was a big issue in this subreddit, particularly near the election, why were you a large and vocal advocate against creating one? To me, your argument back then was that "there simply isn't [wasn't] enough crime posts to warrant a crime megathread'. Personally, I was also against the crime megathread, but I don't understand your position on why you believe a George Santos is necessary, even though there have been even fewer posts related to him than there were related to crime back when you argued that there "weren't enough posts to warrant a crime megathread".

Again, I'm not trying to start anything here. Rather, I'm trying to understand your position (and anyone else who feels who has a similar position - feel free to jump in here too) on the megathread issue, which I know is rather controversial here considering the survey post alone which you commented in got 100+ comments. Maybe you and others who feel a similar way can help me in realizing what I might be missing here in your position on the topic.

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Grass8989 t1_j5lvgka wrote

There were days in last week where there were 5+ posts a day about him and they all stayed up. There are 3 so far today. It is almost universally agreed that he’s a lunatic and shouldn’t be in office. r/longisland was inundated with posts and felt this was the best way to handle it. The mods created a “crime megathread” for WAY less posts, so it would make sense for there to be one on this topic as well.

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[deleted] OP t1_j5lwsg8 wrote

>There are 3 so far today

One of those posts is the one I mentioned with barely any activity and another is, ironically, from you which you posted after this post

>The mods created a “crime megathread” for WAY less posts

I see where you're coming from with this, but I think it would be a little bit of a stretch to call it "way less posts". The amount of posts themselves are relatively the same, with their being possibly slight more George Santos-related posts.

However, the crime posts, while there were probably fewer of them, consistently reached the front page of this subreddit during 'the election season', with most having dozens, if not over a hundred comments and upvotes, so I think it's fair to say that the crime posts had more engagement then than the George Santos-related posts do now.

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Grass8989 t1_j5lyc74 wrote

I mean they gain a lot of traction and get a lot of comments because quality of life issues and crime directly effect people that live here. If people didn’t care they wouldn’t comment.

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