Right, we attacked you. Here's the rundown of what happened, if you've already forgotten. You came into a region that you don't even govern in and pushed around assemblymen to pass your agenda. You sided with Blair and Governor Wells in not accepting our result. After the former Speaker resigned and kyc was appointed, we sorted it out, even citing Lincoln's constitution, the one you were so eager to be sarcastic about. Finally, after all that, you get pissy with us because we're not aligned with your practices nor ideology. You say our actions were asanine, yet they would probably be minimized if you didn't come around and mess with it. Your temperament has no place in Lincoln, let alone Nyman. I completely understand Kyc's position and support it in every way. I apologize if this was unwanted here.
This is precisely the sort of behavior I am talking about. I'm sorry if I have offended you, but I won't be bullied into silence or made to apologize for being honest because some people don't like what I have to say. Frankly, I find your post exceedingly confusing: I have never once claimed any power over the Assembly, never used the word "asinine," and I don't have an "agenda" here (you'll notice my post in the debate thread does not criticize you for your vote, nor did I asked you to change it). What I
do have is a longstanding belief, borne out over two years of service at all levels of government, that legislators should be active in debate. It's a matter of etiquette I consider a failure to ask questions before the vote extremely disrespectful, not because of the result (you have every right to vote your conscience on the matter), but because it implies indifference at best and disdain at worst for the nominee. If you asked someone to dinner, and they remained silent and refused to answer you, you would consider it a snub; this is the same thing. Maybe most people don't care about this stuff, but I do, and I'll say so whether the people in question are Fremontian Laborites or Lincolnian Federalists.
If I sound "pissy" or offended well, yeah. I don't appreciate the tone you've taken, sir, and consider it an uncalled for affront. Telling people to shut up and get lost because they're registered in the wrong state is extremely rude, and I'm not about to tolerate it certainly not in this context. I notice Blackraisin was not so angrily confronted, despite objectively had more influence on the hearing than I did; odd, that. I don't attack outsiders who visit Fremont's regional government, and I don't appreciate being attacked in Lincoln.
People will vote for who they want to vote for, and if someone thinks I would make a poor president, they can and should support another candidate. Yet if candor and ethical consistency are judged vices by the ruling faction, then I shudder for the fate of my country.
