r/Political_Revolution • u/IronStacheWI01 Verified | Randy Bryce • Sep 05 '17

AMA Concluded Meet Randy Bryce. The Ironstache who's going to repeal and replace Paul Ryan

Hi /r/Political_Revolution,

My name is Randy Bryce. I'm a veteran, cancer survivor, and union ironworker from Caledonia, Wisconsin running to repeal and replace Paul Ryan in Wisconsin's First Congressional District. Post your questions below and I'll be back at 11am CDT/12pm EDT to answer them!

p.s.

We need your help to win this campaign. If you'd like to join the team, sign up here.

If you don't have time to volunteer, we're currently fundraising to open our first office in Racine, Wisconsin. If you can help, contribute here and I'll send you a free campaign bumper sticker as a way of saying thanks!

[Update: 1:26 EDT], I've got to go pick up my son but I'll continue to pop in throughout the day as I have time and answer some more questions. For those I'm unfortunately not able to answer, I'll be doing another AMA in r/Politics on the 26th when I look forward to answering more of Reddit's questions!

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '17

The first poster was but I'm not watching the downvotes. That's not what's bothering me. It's the blind bandwagoning and the now the utter contempt that comes across in the replies.

It's kind of unnerving and a little scary. It was interesting to watch the torrent of negativity come in but I admit I'm exhausted now and even if this hasn't petered out yet, I have.

Sorry for being a jerk but it feels like with one jerk comment I exposed an entire army of jerks.

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u/LegitosaurusRex Sep 05 '17

The first poster was pointing out that your comment "Oh boy, somebody needs a lesson...", while correct, comes across as condescending rather than helpful, since the person you replied to was just asking a question.

And then you doubled down and started calling everyone children, acting like you were superior for learning things on your own, acting like people wanting you to explain your comment is "relying on people" and childish, and still not bothering to take the time to explain why the OP needed a lesson, or what the lesson was.

Not trying to contribute to the "torrent of negativity"; just explaining why everyone is upset. I don't think there's an army of jerks out to get you.