That was fast.
  • Chozo@fedia.io
    110·
    3 months ago

    Oh cool, so they’re mixing their 2008 (racism) and 2016 (sexism) campaign strategies together.

  • MagicShel@programming.dev
    58·
    3 months ago

    I think you mean far-right trolls punch themselves in the dick by sabotaging their outreach efforts to black voters. Don’t let me get in their way.

  • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
    33·
    3 months ago

    This is unironically good for Kamala’s chances. The average person in the US is racist, but not racist enough to not to feel second hand embarrassment from such overt comments, which may, ironically, make them a little bit less racist and make them think twice before voting Republican in 2024.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    25·
    3 months ago

    I know that bullshit appeals to other trolls… but isn’t open racism actually counterproductive at this point? Most voters alive today never knew a world where interracial marriage was illegal - and most of us grew up in public schools being exposed to a wide variety of cultures.

    • solrize@lemmy.world
      31·
      3 months ago

      You might have been around when Obama ran for president. Yes it was an issue, including after he was elected. Long form birth certificate anyone?

        • ImportedReality@programming.devEnglish
          21·
          3 months ago

          I distinctly remember people holding signs of Obama’s face pasted on the body of a chimpanzee. Another honorary mention from the campaign was the slogan “keep the white house white”.

          The racism was so fucking blatant and Republicans expect us to pretend it never happened.

      • retrospectology@lemmy.world
        19·
        3 months ago

        Did he not win both terms?

        Dems don’t lose the next election because the right-wing is racist, they lose when they fail to listen to their base and try to gaslight their constituents. The energy created when young voters, progressives and independents are given a reason to go out and vote smashes any kind of advantage the GOP tries to glean from playing the bigotry cards. Clinton was not that reason.

        People need to let go of this idea that Democrats’ job is to appeal to the right and be conciliatory. Conservatives don’t vote democrat, regardless of how far to the right the Dems go. They only play up the swing voter fantasy to weaken democrats and get neoliberals going off on a wild goose chase for votes they’ll never secure while at the same time neglecting and demoralizing their own base.

      • ImpressiveEssay@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        I’m not saying Americans are t capable. Particularly mags people… (They are sub special needs on just basic human intelligence and awareness to scams…)

        But that was 16+ years ago…

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
      18·
      3 months ago

      It was bad for Barack because he was Black. It was bad for Hillary because she was a woman. Kamala gets the best of both worlds

  • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    I’ve accepted the racism and sexist thing as a real risk for Kamala. But I think most Democrats have accepted it too and are coalescing around her.

    Here we go people. Buckle up and prepare for a ton of racist and sexist attacks. I assume the Lawyer / Prosecutor experience for Harris will come in handy for this and she’ll come up with good Rhetoric / political plan for the situation.

    Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for VP could help insulate Kamala from these attacks. A lot of good VP picks actually could help.

    • odium@programming.dev
      25·
      3 months ago

      Risk? It’s great. Racist and sexist people were not gonna vote Democrat anyway. All this is doing is alienating the black and female Republican voter base.

      • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 months ago

        The women who were on the fence won’t be swayed by this. If you are a woman and you were even slightly thinking about voting for Trump then you are already so far to the right that nothing i can think of will get you to change your mind.

          • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
            1·
            3 months ago

            If you are a woman and were somehow still on the fence about going to vote then I don’t see how this could change your mind considering all the shit trump said in the past about women and how the gop treats women’s rights.

            When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.” He adds seconds later: “Grab them by the p----. You can do anything

            All of the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me — consciously or unconsciously. That’s to be expected. A sexual dynamic is always present between people, unless you are asexual.

            It doesn’t really matter what (the media) write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass.

            “Somebody who’s been very vicious to me, Rosie O’Donnell, I said very tough things to her, and I think everybody would agree that she deserves it and nobody feels sorry for her.” — Trump at the first presidential debate in September 2016.

            If you were considering not voting already I don’t see how the trolls will change your mind when that was the shit a former president and current front runner for the presidential race said.

            Let’s not forget this one

            “I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      She’ll probably win anyway, but we’re going to have reams of material by the end of it for the next time R’s are feigning ignorance about why everyone thinks they are racist bigots.

  • Silverseren@fedia.io
    7·
    3 months ago

    I admit, I wasn’t expecting them to go as far as using “Colored” as a general insult. Do they seriously think this helps Trump’s chances?