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He’s not “sudden.” I have followed him on telegram for years (he doesn’t have a moderator so replies to his posts are full of spam) and it’s informative. He began by organizing cleanups of neighborhoods in Baltimore and San Francisco. I believe he’s from Virginia but is moving to Pennsylvania. He lives with his parents. Or he will until he moves. Regardless, he’s not sudden. He’s sincere. Gay or not, he has a passion for making a change. He started very small and worked very hard. He deserves the accolades he received. He earned them.

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ok, so started with Bi-Coastal Dem. Trash City Cleanup efforts via community organizing and morph into Rep. Voter Registration push and stellar success with it--so that Trump beat Hillary but then he was pushed aside and Trump lost to Biden, NOW it's his turn to Fix it all for us. Just wanting to get up to speed, it seems" Sudden" as the whole issue of Dilution of Democracy, Tampering with Election laws, Fake Election results, required voter ID etc vs. The Dem National Voter Act, all the current push and pull on the issue in so many areas and locations..I don't see the singular amazing miraculous voters registration efforts of this guy lauded and applauded and up front and center until just now with the overdue MAGA purge at the RNC...It's great that He's so young, so hard working, and so very accomplished at these tasks. I'm just learning about it all as i'm late to class, studied the wrong notes, left my textbook at the library, and am a slow learner anyway. I'll get there have no doubt, with a solid passing C+ at the end of the term Nov 5th, 2024!

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If I hadn’t been following on telegram for years, I might have the same concerns you do. It would seem as though he came out of nowhere to be lauded by the dreaded “powers that be,” ergo he must be in somebody’s back pocket, or a psyop, or something, anything other than what he says he is.

I’ve watched his videos of how he interacts with people in these neighborhoods that politicians have turned their backs on and I have to admit, I like his approach. He seems to genuinely care about the people living in those neighborhoods; he, an outsider, wants good things for them that their “leaders” promise but never deliver. He tries to deliver something because he is motivated to alleviate suffering.

Something I’ve noticed more and more lately is that there is a genuine lack of care from each of us for our fellow man. Oh, we scream and yell and throw a fit if the wrong pronoun is used, but we shrug our shoulders when real injustice occurs. And it’s all because, really and truly, we don’t care. In a world of people who don’t care, people who do, stand out like a big, fat, sore thumb. Scott Pressler is that big, fat, sore thumb. We need more people like him.

By the way, I like sarcasm. It’s fun to zing and be zinged occasionally. Kinda makes you re-assert or reevaluate your deeply held beliefs. I assume (maybe naively) we’re on the same team, but it’s difficult to tell from your response.

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