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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
It feels like this mayor listens to 'me', and actually gives a damn about me, despite me not being a super wealthy white middle aged guy.
Does this mean he occasionally gets sucked into pointless back and forth's that he probably shouldn't? Yep. But no one's perfect. This mayor actually feels like a mayor for/of the people, not just a mayor of the really rich people/businesses.
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He makes his followers feel good. Sure. The other side of it is I've heard that colleagues, peers, and even the media are scared to express any disagreement with Nenshi because he'll unleash his rabid twitter mob on them.
Social media can be a way to reach out to people. It can also be a way to attack them and to fuel divisiveness. Personally, I'd rather not see civic politics dragged down to the level of internet forum flamewars.