• Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    7 hours ago

    You… do know Harris (it’s weird you used her first name) and Trump won’t be at the Vice-Presidential debate, right?

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        4 hours ago

        Start looking at how many people say “Kamala” versus how many people say “Joe”, “Tim”, “Donald”, or “JD”.

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          18 minutes ago

          Yeah no thanks. Its hard enough to get away from american politcs at a time like this as it is. Ive no interest or capacity to go out of my way to subject myself to more of it than i have to.

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        5 hours ago

        Yeah, we all know it’s her first name, no one calls her that unless they have a personal relationship with her. I’m not even saying it has to be “Madame Vice-President” or anything so formal, but no one refers to the former president as “Donald” either…

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          20 minutes ago

          R/theDonald

          /s

          Its unusual maybe, but with the current weaponization of the word weird its a point worth making. Its not weird to call someone by their first name.

          Awkward in as elections go, but I think its worth pointing out how completely normal it is to use her first name when refering to her.

          Its much like calling your parent by their first name. Its different, but not wierd in the new sense of the word weird

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        4 hours ago

        It’s a subconscious reduction of the person based on the idea that men are better leaders. I promise you’ll start to catch on to it now that you know about it, it’s weird as fuck.

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          26 minutes ago

          Only if you let it be. Its not weird to call someone by their first name. Especially since the term weird has become weponized.

          Calling Kamala Harris, Kamala instead of Harris might be unusually in the situation…but its not “i like to fuck couches” or “ill invent overt lies if thats what i think i need to do” or “grab em by the pussy” etc kind of weird.