Comment on When Harris had to pick a VP, all media kinda agreed it should be a white male, to balance the fact that she is black and a woman. So Waltz is the DEI hire.

JimSamtanko@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most people care, and in a democratic election is about what most people care, not what an individual cares.

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• aLiteral_potato@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What happened to merit?

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  • Takios@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Walz seems to have pretty good merit, I think

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  • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have no idea anymore. Politics is a cult of personality now. And one’s gender and sexual identity has apparently become part of that.

    It’d be really cool if it were about the politics again.

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    • ego_death@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s what I’m saying. Can we stop focusing on people’s appearance and instead pay more attention to what they have to say and their ideas?

      Man, and I thought the Olympic wrestler drama was disappointing. People really just want to tear each other down for no good reason.

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• HowManyNimons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s about everyone’s perception about how much other people will care.

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