Anybody got data behind this awesome meme?
She was ranked the most politically left compared with the rest of the senate freshmen in 2018. Bernie was the second most politically left of all the senators in the same session.
I know there's another site that shows how they voted on everything but I haven't found it yet.
It's also worth noting that she served less than one term, so her sample size is incredibly small compared to most Senators, but I honestly couldn't give a shit. She's not a facist and she's not sundowning, so whatever, fucking run her. Whatever gives the Democrats a shot at limping over the finish line is fine.
Someone just quick copy paste the back half of this comment onto all campaign materials and let's save all these donations for a killer inaugural.
Harris 2024!
Are you thinking of ontheissues?
I liked her before but looking into a lot of these makes me excited for what she might be able to do
Her nomination speech just got posted all over youtube. Feels good, yo.
Yes. Hot damn. Thank you!
I will vote for whoever fights against Trump but, my god, this site is starting to feel like a propaganda mill.
Start posting then, be the change you want to see!
I'm that 1% of user that has posted a lot here. Most posts do fine, but the myopic worldview and toxicity on Lemmy always reminds me why I'm not here so much these days. The community (and sometimes mods) have decided that certain topics/viewpoints are not to be joked about and dissention will not be tolerated.
Honestly, the same problem can be found all throughout the internet. Twitter is super right wing and Reddit is super left wing. 4chan is cancer. I'd love to find a place that isn't just an echo-chamber but I'm not sure that exists anymore.
The community (and sometimes mods) have decided that certain topics/viewpoints are not to be joked about and dissention will not be tolerated.
Bad takes get downvotes. More at 11.
If you can't see that this place is an echo-chamber, then not much I say can convince you. But, knowing this is futile, I'll elaborate.
All the top voted political takes were pro-Biden staying in the race and now are pro Harris taking the nomination. Dissenting opinions are often downvoted. Even in this community, you are only allowed to make fun of Republicans. Even lightly making fun of the left will be downvoted (and I do mean lightly... I am on the left myself).
The ironic thing is you're complaining that disaention will not be tolerated, but your complaining that people dissent to your opinion. You are against people dissenting when it's useful to you, but want your dissent protected. Yeah, I can see how that could cause you issues.
What you are seeing is genuine enthusiasm and momentum. I know it's been a while since this has happened, but it's legit.
I think there's at least some sincere grass roots effort to overcome the feared challenges of a last minute campaign.
It's not just Lemmy; I'm seeing the same kind of posts and comments on Imgur. I'm sure reddit is the same but I'm not about to go back there to check. So while it is in fact propaganda, it's also a sign that the majority of Americans using these platforms support Harris. Don't know about Facebook cause I don't use it either, but it's probably more of a mixed bag of Harris and Trump supporters like I'm seeing on YouTube.
Anybody who still refuses to vote is just looking for excuses to maintain a lazy nihilistic attitude.
At this point, anyone who can vote but won't - "dOn'T cArE! bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe!" - is just an imbecile throwing an infantile tantrum. Then there's also always right-wing divide-and-conquer shitheads clumsily shifting gears.
I'm out of the loop on the coconut thing. What's that all about?
A quote from a speech she made.
Aside from the reference calling someone a coconut is a great way to get them offside if they've got brown skin, so I wouldn't recommend going around saying that title in real life...
Oh yeah, it's not supposed to be a title, it's an idea
"My mother ... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' " Harris said with a laugh. "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."
The whole point is believing people aren't coconuts and that they're way more complicated than that
I agree, I just thought it worth mentioning that telling people 'don't be be a coconut' has the potential to backfire if you want them to be agreeable to whatever you say next.
Can anyone less lazy than me fact check this?
I'd vote for a rock over a convicted felon, but it would be cool to have a reason to be pro-Harris.
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