Kamala Harris 2024 - Tumblr Posts
Aw the fact I wanted to go to this and couldn’t make it and now Misha is there :( I’m happy to see he’s happy though :) Also make sure to register to vote if you haven’t if you’re in the US!
I think what people want, if I may be so bold, is real change. They want someone who:
- supports universal health care
- safe boarder crossings that are demilitarized
- universal basic income
- free higher education
- a 100% tax on all income that exceeds one million dollars annually (or some other thing that makes billionaires impossible)
- absolute support for prison abolition
- clear, loud opposition to genocide abroad and a stated plan to stop using US tax dollars to fund it
- massive reductions in military spending in general
These would be the kinds of stances that would make people unhappy about voting for Harris happy. They would make me happy. As it is, I too am merely doing my harm reduction duty.
Why do you need us to be HAPPY about voting for Harris? Because you hope it will signal that all is well in the world and you can go back to not being very engaged in the struggle?
I see posts going "Okay, I'll vote for Kamala, I GUESS IF I HAVE TO" and "omg if that's the best we can do I suppose I'll support it" and I'm like...
What do you people fucking WANT?
Let's run down how she's rated politically by some organizations that we vibe with, kay?
ACLU = 93% on civil liberties
AFL-CIO = 100% on trade unions
Human Rights Campaign = 100% on queer rights
League of Conservation Voters = 91% on environmentalism
NARAL = 100% on reproductive rights
NRA Fund = 7% on gun rights (we LIKE a low score on this one)
NEA = 100% on education
Planned Parenthoos = 100% on reproductive rights
In addition, GovTrack (which is a nonpartisan tracker) places her in the MOST politically left-leaning categories of Senators. So we've got a very liberal, woman of color who's spent her career trying to mitigate draconian tough-on-crime laws to benefit the accused and keep black people out of prison and decrease recidivism and that's somehow...just barely tolerable.
So I ask again...what is that you're dissatisfied with? Is it Palestine? as recently as March she was calling for a ceasefire and demanding aid to Gaza. Keep in mind she's pretty constrained as to what's possible to do in this situation.
Is it just that she was a prosecutor? That is an important job that needs to be done and we WANT people doing it who aren't rah-rah tough-on-crime Gestapo types, which she is not. We need prosecutors who are addressing the root causes of crime and looking for ways to help people escape the cycle, which she has done to the point that she was often called SOFT on crime.
So what is your objection here? Is it that her politics aren't 100% aligned with a bunch of Tumblr socialists? I got news for you...we Tumblr socialists DO NOT REPRESENT THE ELECTORATE. If such a candidate existed, they would not win.
Democrats struggle sometimes because our tent is large. Republicans just want you if you're a straight white man and preferably rich. There's room for a lot more types in the lefty side, but sadly that means a lot of room also for dissention among the ranks. This is how they get us. Let's not let them, huh? Just a suggestion.
It's so inspiring to see people standing up against the evils of fascism, anger, vanity, hatred, contempt and offence! It's so encouraging to see that everyone with a little sense is coming together to say that the red-haired old excited man belongs on the golf course, rather than in the White House.
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Well, we would send him to therapy, but it would be a waste of money, an open institution called a golf club would suffice.
He Can See The End
If you know someone of age who's eligible to vote, then tell them to VOTE for Kamala Harris. Let's make Trump and Project 2025/Agenda 47 a memory of the past.
VOTE for Kamala Harris in spite of your opinion of her, we CANNOT allow conservatives to win.
