No one should be idolizing politicians. They work for their constituents.
It's one thing to buy a shirt or a cap, it's another to make it part of your identity.
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2024
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Even shirts and caps are questionable. I'll make an exception for Obama because that was historic and his shit was actually cool.
But all the rest of them, donate if you want, but wearing Harris or Trump in public is just cringe.
It does add to the team “us vs them” attitude, but I can’t lie: there are some fire designs Harris supporters are showing off.
I don’t mind witty or clever or snarky shirts and would prefer them over a generic Harris/Walz tee.
On the one hand, strippers want you to give them your money because that's why they're there.
On the other, it's weird to pretend strippers aren't real people with feelings who want to like and be liked in turn, just as much as anyone else.
The cynical "Don't idolize your politicians" line doesn't teach people to read the tea leaves and pick better leadership. It just teaches them to throw up your hands and assume everyone is the same.
At some level, you need to recognize strippers and politicians alike as complex humans with both material desires and higher ideals.
Recognizing these desires and ideals helps you know who is worth your time and investment.
The cynical “Don’t idolize your politicians” line doesn’t teach people to read the tea leaves and pick better leadership. It just teaches them to throw up your hands and assume everyone is the same.
Saying all politicians are the same just rewards the worst politicians because it means they face no electoral penalty for their failings, and the better ones gain no electoral advantage from not stooping to those lows.
incredible case of the comments proving the OP right, very well done everyone
"I don't think any politician is above criticism."
"Yeah sounds good."
"Including yours."
"NOW WAIT A MINUTE"
both sides
lmao, there are only two sides. Of course. Just Democrats and Republicans. Nobody else. Bernie Sanders doesn't even exist.
Maybe you should save this for the day after the election friend. People being delusional about how good Kamala will be is actually really good for us strategically at the moment.
Any cause benefited by stupidity is not a good cause. And that does apply to both sides.
For every cause, there exists some possible circumstance such that one or more individuals having a miscalculation would benefit that cause.
Proof: Take desired result R. Assume there exists some person P who is opposed to R. Let there be some action that P can take such that R becomes impossible. If there are no downsides to this action, then R will only occur if P makes a miscalculation. ⬜
Thus, if your maxim holds, then there is no such thing as a good cause.
A discriminant that labels all causes as "bad" is not useful.
Therefore, your maxim does not serve as a useful discriminant.
QED
But Obama told me he really REALLY liked me!
"this applies to both sides" -🤓
Kamala is many things (most of them bad), a cult leader isn't one of them. Im all for dunking on Liberals (im a leftist), but that is just factually untrue.
"This applies to both sides" How very brave of you to call out the people who drive around with Harris trucks to Harris parties decked out in their Harris jackets and hats, trading AI generated pictures of sexy Harris.
You know, those things that are real and really happen.
Look dingbat, calling Trump and his ilk "weird" is not idolizing their opponents, it's simply calling a spade a spade. If you're too cowardly to stand up for what you believe in, don't think trying to slip in a picture of a kitchen magnet is going to make it any better.
You could take this from the point of view that if people feel they are being attacked on their views they become defensive which makes a change in beliefs impossible.
Do you just want to smear shit on these people, or do you want to affect change?
The world has chosen smear shit.
I buy all my Harris nfts with my Soros bucks they put on my vaxxine microchip every month.
So easy to pay bills.
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