Re: [OT] What is happening in/to the US ?

On 7/29/24 7:19 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:

On 2024-07-26, Dan Cross <cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:

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Perhaps if you hadn't phrased it in terms of her acting, "like a
giggling teenage schoolgirl" others wouldn't have found it an
expression of misogyny.  After all, you were the one who phrased
it in terms of her being a woman.
>

 No, I phrased in terms of her personality. I later said I would apply
the exact same language to a man if he behaved in the same way.

That really strains credibility.

What I want to see in a leader is someone who has the gravitas and
mindset/strength to deal with a critical world crisis such as a Taiwan
invasion, a pandemic with a higher death rate than the last one, or
another financial collapse. I also want to see them being able to
prepare for this in advance.
 Ms Harris does not have the skills or character needed for this ...

Like pretty much any candidate, she has a number of strengths and a
number of weaknesses.  You have yet to mention a single one of either
and have provided no basis for any of your claims.
You made the dubious claim that she is to the left of Bernie Sanders,
which is not only false but also not really possible in U.S. politics.
Then you simply repeated the smear about her laughter that is not new
but has been revived and circulated again lately by the Trump campaign
and some of his supporters in the right-wing media.  I would consider
her laugh about as relevant as Trump's orange hair, but since you
brought it up, a lot of people actually like Harris's laugh; they feel
it lends warmth, approachability, and humanity to someone with a
reputation as a cold, ruthless prosecutor. And it is not a girlish
giggle but more of a throaty cackle, so you're wrong on the facts, too.