The KHive Retreats as Kamala Harris’ Popularity Vanishes
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As Kamala Harris’ popularity has waned, so too has her support among her most rabid and online followers.

“I would never, ever say that I regret supporting the first Black woman vice president, ever. But the disappointment is real,” said one self-described former member of the #KHive, who requested to speak anonymously so as not to alienate themselves from friends made through the movement. “I was obsessed with the idea of this person who could undo the systemic, the systematic racism and sexism and heterosexism in government with one fell swoop, and now I’m thinking to myself, did I just make up a person in my head who could do those things?”

    • Presents [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      What's that thing about when you pretend to be an idiot, actual idiots join you?

        • Presents [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          having a woman of colour as the vice president would be good for the marginalized

          It's not? Just think of how many young women BIPOC are inspired by her election. They know it can be done. It's fun to dunk on Kamala but this is very real.

          • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Those young BIPOC women are slightly to the left of Kamala and this means the Democratic party will spend millions to make sure they stay unelected

          • captchaintherye [any]
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            2 years ago

            It’s not? Just think of how many young women BIPOC are inspired by her election. They know it can be done. It’s fun to dunk on Kamala but this is very real.

            I think any benefits of that, are undone by seeing the first BIPOC vice-president be a useless vapid genocide-enabling shithead.

            Same as with Obama. On paper it's inspiring, but then he was just like every white president, and worse than most.

            It has the opposite effect: disenfranchising people of color even further and making them believe that only the shittiest among their community, and the most willing to sell out, can reach the highest echelons. Which, of course, is true

        • grey_wolf_whenever [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          oh absolutely, i mean since the beginning. Its just too insane to be a real thing, Kamala has zero charisma at all. How could it not be astroturf?

        • Rem [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Okay but what if she uses her one tiebreaker vote in the senate to bravely vote yes on a controversial racial justice legislation that a white vice president would have voted no on but that the president wouldn't veto and the conservative supreme court wouldn't strike down have u considered that

        • captchaintherye [any]
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          2 years ago

          Yep, and also /r/The_Donald. It started as a joke to make fun of his joke candidacy, then when he won, it got taken over by genuine chuds.