Pete Buttigieg: The Exit Interview
Done for The Indianapolis Monthly. In one part Pete *claps back* in an ever polite, mature manner at the haters, conspiracy theorists, and gatekeepers...
Q: You took a significant share of criticism on Twitter during the primary, particularly from members of your own Millennial generation, who saw you as a political opportunist, a corporate shill, and not being gay enough. Some even suggested you were affiliated with the CIA. What did you make of that?
A: You learn very early on in politics not to take criticism personally. I would much rather have somebody go online or write an article and say, “Your higher ed policy sucks and here’s why…” and critique it point-by-point. Then we could have a debate. But when it gets so over the top, the idea that I’m a CIA agent cleverly disguised as an intelligence officer in the military, or that I took down Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan, or that I was somehow responsible for the Great Canadian Bread Pricing Scandal of 2002. Or perhaps the most bizarre one of all: That I had something to do with the app crashing in Iowa when no individual suffered more or was impacted more, I think, in terms of political trajectory as a consequence of that then than me and my campaign.
That’s where you learn that, okay, yes it is personal, but it’s still not about you. It’s about a cartoon character version of you that people are building up and then tearing back down as a way of expressing their frustration with things that are bigger than you or that you may remind them of. But it’s actually not about you, because the caricature they’re talking about doesn’t even resemble you.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 8, 2020 2:40 AM
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He's fantastic. Warren and Buttigieg should have been our frontrunners.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 29, 2020 2:45 AM
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Actually nice to read his response to all the bullshit. Much more restrained than I would be.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 29, 2020 2:47 AM
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"Peter: There IS no exit from your wine cave."
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 29, 2020 2:52 AM
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Fuck Warren, R3, and her non-stop hypocrisy. Just Pete.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 29, 2020 3:28 AM
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Sigh, the news today is so over saturated with Trumpianism it's almost shocking to hear someone like Pete speak with thoughtful insight, introspection and class.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 7, 2020 12:00 AM
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Do you know how many previous threads there have been on this exact subject OP? Do you? I mean seriously, do you? Have you done any kind of research on it? Did you? Did you do any kind of search first? Did you? What did you do? Tell us OP. Tell us how you searched for prior threads you filthy asshole fucker. Show us what you did . Provide a link or a screenshot butt hole breath. Can you at least do that? Can you? Why would you even think of coming here and posting a thread like this when you know damn good and well there have already been many of the exact same threads that have preceded this same fucking subjecct. Answer me bastard. You owe everyone here the truth as to why you feel you are so much better than every other person here that you can just walk your ass in here without doing a search first. You just eat shit. I hate you OP and I hope you get AIDS.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 7, 2020 12:02 AM
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R12, that was really funny when you posted that the first time.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 7, 2020 3:05 AM
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In a just world this man would be President.
Sigh.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 7, 2020 1:30 PM
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He’s so sexy! Damn why do we have old geriatrics as front runners?
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 7, 2020 1:33 PM
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Pete is sexy?
Get off the computer Chasten!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 8, 2020 1:05 AM
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