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Kamala Harris’s competence is a relief, not an inspiration.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Harris’s energy, eloquence and competence are fundamentally a relief when compared with the discomfort of watching Biden speak.

This means nothing; we had Obama; he was a warmonger like the rest. 

People seem to keep forgetting the past or choose to ignore it and continue another cycle of the status quo. 


There are some Democrats who appear unconcerned by the slaughter in Gaza – see for example the delegates who blocked their ears, laughed and rolled their eyes as protesters outside the DNC venue read aloud the names of Palestinian children killed. But those who are more compassionate, or more cynically aware of the risks of turning away from the horrors of the war, are beginning to share this sense of cognitive dissonance. Harris’s energy, eloquence and competence are fundamentally a relief when compared with the discomfort of watching Biden speak. We see the competent woman instead of the apparently confused old man and the irrational, hopeful part of our brains tend to think things will be fine. But Harris – lesser of two evils as she may be in some pertinent senses compared to Trump – is not fine, will never be fine until she at least commits to ending US funding of Israel’s war.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

If people are inspired to go vote, I'm totally okay with that.

Then I can just have the far-flung hope that next election she'll step down so Tim Walz can run.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

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