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Swoerd123[dead post] ◴[19 Mar 25 12:37 UTC] No.43411056[source]▶
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Zambyte ◴[19 Mar 25 12:43 UTC] No.43411102[source]▶
What was wrong with Harris?
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AlexandrB ◴[19 Mar 25 12:46 UTC] No.43411128[source]▶
Extremist positions on trans issues. To quote Sam Harris: "Congratulations, Democrats. You have found the most annoying thing in the fucking galaxy and hung it around your necks."[1]

[1] https://samharris.substack.com/p/the-reckoning

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Trasmatta ◴[19 Mar 25 12:49 UTC] No.43411159[source]▶
Harris said almost nothing about trans issues during the election. You're attempting to rewrite history if you're claiming it was somehow a core tenant of her campaign. That was entirely propaganda by the opposing party.
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jl6 ◴[19 Mar 25 13:28 UTC] No.43411678[source]▶
She was loudly accused of having extreme positions on a hot button issue. Saying nothing was tantamount to admitting the accusation was true. That's how the court of public opinion works.
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1. eagleislandsong ◴[19 Mar 25 13:54 UTC] No.43412042[source]▶
> She was loudly accused of having extreme positions on a hot button issue.

She was accused of many things in bad faith, e.g. not being Black, being a Marxist, being a communist, and more. Spending time and effort to address every single one of these would have been tantamount to allowing her opponent to dictate her campaign.

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2. jl6 ◴[19 Mar 25 15:31 UTC] No.43413350[source]▶
None of those things had attack ads with this kind of impact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_is_for_they/them

It was and is an important issue to a lot of voters and by ignoring it she let her opponent explain her position for her.