• radix@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Sidenote: I hate when people refer to women by their first names and men by their lasts. Would it be so difficult to call it the Harris campaign?

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      3 months ago

      Actually it would because their whole thing is that a brown woman is undeserving of that respect. She needs to be a Proper Minority Woman - pumping out babies (but not too many, as to not out-reproduce white 'Muricans) and being exploited by corporations while supporting her White Alpha Male cuck husband.

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      3 months ago

      If that’s why people refer to politicians by first name, why does everyone say Bernie instead of Sanders? Or Teddy instead of Roosevelt?

      I think the rule is that you get first name treatment if you’re further left than a neoliberal, or if you have a more famous relative.

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      3 months ago

      They think Kamala sounds foreign enough to make the racists mad.

      See also “Barack HUSSEIN Obama.” Which Trump uses regularly on his dumb website.

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      3 months ago

      Politicians are called by their more interesting name, but hundreds of years of male rule have rendered all male given names boring and all female given names exciting

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      3 months ago

      That drove me crazy in 2016 and I’ve been pleasantly surprised that, outside of weirdos on Twitter, it’s mostly been called the HARRIS campaign.

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      3 months ago

      Personally, I’m inclined to use Kamala Harris’ first name just because it’s fun to say. It has a rhythm and repetition to it. Also, we’ve already had a President Harrison, so it distinguishes her.

      With Hillary Rodham Clinton, I usually used her first name, initials, or full name to distinguish her from her husband. As much as I loath that she was always in his shadow, she was a force to be reckoned with. They may be a power couple, but she deserves her own recognition.

      As for Tim Walz, Tim is just too common and uninteresting. Walz has character and it’s close to waltz.