Golly. You could write a whole book on the use of alts on Imgflip and when they’re generally permissible and when they’re not. You could also write a book on how alts have been used on the PRESIDENTS stream specifically by various people, including yourself. I’ve been accused of alting on this stream and laughed it off. I’m even friends now with those who used to do that. RMK and myself have taken to calling each other alts of one another as an inside joke. If every allegation of alting on PRESIDENTS (true or false) led to an impeachment, then pretty much everyone would be guilty & we’d have no government.
But let’s cut to the chase here.
You’ve admittedly used alts on PRESIDENTS stream to circumvent comment timers. If I’m not mistaken, your alts have also *themselves* been subject to modding for violating terms, which compounds the original violation. Your use of alts wasn’t too my knowledge as problematic as some others, and you’ve defended it as being necessary as an elected official to conduct government business while “censored,” but others are entitled to disagree with that. Using alts on PRESIDENTS stream brings it plainly within the scope of the mudslinging rule and makes it fodder for political ads.
I don’t see where you get away with defining these as “false” allegations. It’s true! And SurlyKong (and others) made them into ads — and why shouldn’t they?
(As for me, when it came to your impeachment, I didn’t even include your alts in my counts against you because there were so many other, in my opinion, more significant violations you were guilty of.)
So. As it turns out — the electorate (you could say) didn’t “buy” SurlyKong’s ads (about your alting and otherwise)… and you won the election!
There. That’s your victory.
But what you *don’t* get to do is politically persecute your defeated opponents after the fact to effectively deny CSP of seat the representatives of its choice. That’s an end-run around the whole concept of proportional government — a back-door way of returning to the bad old days when 90% of Congress had to carry the personal blessing of the ruling government.
I’m not even going to address your charges against OP. It’s plainly political free speech and, at worst, G-to-PG rated content. It’s not even NSFW and it’s definitely not impeachable. You run for office, you get attacked, within the mudslinging rule. That’s how it works.
Bottom-line: This is an attention-grabbing stunt by a sore winner.
Nay