• came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    now i'm reading this. good lord.

    in a discussion about how the blackhole of her messaging strategy has created a scenario where her supporters claim she represents whatever they want and her detractors say something similar:

    Brown, of Black Voters Matter, said Harris is “absolutely a progressive.” Maria Teresa Kumar, president and chief executive of Voto Latino and a longtime political ally in California, said Harris is neither a moderate nor a progressive, but “ideologically pragmatic.” Jamal Simmons, who served as Harris’s communications director before leaving the role at the beginning of this year, suggested that her identity lies elsewhere. “She’s a Christian, but strength is her religion.”

    good god. imagine thinking that is a compliment.

    in the Kamala Bible, there is only one commandment: "Thou Shalt Be Strong"

    sicko-satan

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      She's Schrödinger's Neoliberal. She's progressive. But of course she's moderate too. Her word salad is proof of her efforts to explain things clearly.

      “She’s a Christian, but strength is her religion.”

      It reminds me of Trump's silly and clumsy but very American phrase "strong and powerful". And - of course - the more somebody's proxies go on and on about how strong somebody is - the less it can be true.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      1 year ago

      in the Kamala Bible, there is only one commandment: "Thou Shalt Be Strong"

      Except she doesn't come off as strong at all. She's just a chameleon, adapting her appearance to whatever is trending. Since she's never in the limelight for any extended period of time and she's too unimportant for even the far right to take seriously, people don't really keep tabs on what she says or does. Whenever she's engaged on any particular issue, she hems and haws out of a fear of displeasing anyone.

      That's anything from strong.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        1 year ago

        She's just a chameleon.

        That's exactly it. I don't know why I never thought of her that way. It's why I detest her. I hate weathervanes but a chameleon is even worse. They are a weathervane who lies about it.