The American left needs to fall out of love with cannibalism.
I don’t care why Harris wants to do the right thing now.
Allow people to save face and change their positions - attacking them for “flip flops” is to say “No reasonable adult should ever change their mind about anything” which is not only bananas, but discourages people from doing critical thinking because they’d face humiliation for reversing course.
True, but isn’t that true of the vast majority of people?
Most of us yap a lot but don’t actually do much, and those who do do things tend to yap first, right?
If my card-carrying Democrat neighbor, for example, said “I support socialism” I wouldn’t admonish them out of suspicion they don’t intend to follow through because they haven’t done anything concrete yet; I would say “Good on you! Welcome to the team! Here’s what we can do together:”
This isn’t purity testing, this is predicting that she isn’t going to advance any of our interests based on her history of being more willing to lose to Donald fucking Trump than advance any of our interests.
She knew supporting genocide would decrease the number of people who would vote for her, she knew supporting war would decrease the number of people who would vote for her, she knew supporting ICE would decrease the number of people who would vote for her. She chose to embrace these policies anyway.
The American left needs to fall out of love with cannibalism.
I don’t care why Harris wants to do the right thing now.
Allow people to save face and change their positions - attacking them for “flip flops” is to say “No reasonable adult should ever change their mind about anything” which is not only bananas, but discourages people from doing critical thinking because they’d face humiliation for reversing course.
I don’t believe she actually does want to do the right thing, now or ever.
Presumably she’s said somewhere that she supports DSA or socialism (or else why would OP make this meme)?
Is that not “the right thing?”
She’s saying she does. I hear words and see no other evidence. Centrists say a lot of shit.
True, but isn’t that true of the vast majority of people?
Most of us yap a lot but don’t actually do much, and those who do do things tend to yap first, right?
If my card-carrying Democrat neighbor, for example, said “I support socialism” I wouldn’t admonish them out of suspicion they don’t intend to follow through because they haven’t done anything concrete yet; I would say “Good on you! Welcome to the team! Here’s what we can do together:”
A lot of people aren’t former presidential candidates who already showed who they really are.
Harris showed that she was so devoted to the cause of genocide that she was willing to lose to trump rather than change it.
No one is buying her fake change of heart.
I really don’t think that’s her thoughts on the matter, but okay.
in politics, words are cheap. I’ll believe her when she DOES something significant to demonstrate her new found beliefs. Until then, doubt.
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This isn’t purity testing, this is predicting that she isn’t going to advance any of our interests based on her history of being more willing to lose to Donald fucking Trump than advance any of our interests.
She knew supporting genocide would decrease the number of people who would vote for her, she knew supporting war would decrease the number of people who would vote for her, she knew supporting ICE would decrease the number of people who would vote for her. She chose to embrace these policies anyway.
Purity test is a lazy dumb concept used to shut down discussion when you have no real arguments to present
She’s not Saul on the road to Damascus here.
She’s Faust swearing to burn his books long after he damned himself.
Can’t shake the devil’s hand and say you’re only kidding.
…and Jalad at Tanagra.