Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴: If they do put Kamala Harris on the top of the ticket, I am prepared for a level of misogynoir unwitnessed since Rosa Parks sat down on that bus.

If they do put Kamala Harris on the top of the ticket, I am prepared for a level of misogynoir unwitnessed since Rosa Parks sat down on that bus.

been thinking about that. the racism re: Obama was bad enough, but the misogynist would be next level

misogynoir*

she hasn't really spoken about it much since stepping down but it's believed to be a big, big part of why jacinda ardern stepped down from the PM role. Which wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it's 100% true.

on top of that she's a pakeha women. WOC and especially maori women in parliament here simply are not allowed to do the same things male pakeha MPs do here, and it's not even slightly subtle.

I had been wondering why she stepped down so suddenly.

oh it was bad, especially after the fucking idiotic parliament protests

I missed that! I do not follow New Zealand politics as closely as I do Mexico and the US. It’s a low key “wish I could move there” aspirational political interest.

lol our politics are *very bad* at the moment. not as bad as the US, but the worst it's ever been in my life, at least.

Is it too simplistic of me to say anonymity should be removed from all social media? I know, some people need it for valid reasons but the net damage is fukn enormous

it wouldn't help. Facebook is still a cesspool even with their real name policy

I'm reminded of fb asking me to fill out a survey because they wanted to know how I felt about something and I've never been so disappointed...like "you mfers been mining my data for more than a decade and a half, and have the audacity to pause now and ask me what I think?"

facebook: how do you feel? us: you already fucking know

I'm so old I remember when people only spewed vitriol on the internet under handles and aliases Facebook normalized acting like a complete dink while posting under your real name

I used to believe this was true, but I no longer do.

My neph isn't allowed on FB because he insists on using his real surname, Jimenez Compton, and they think it's fake

how bizarre!

your nephew shouldn't be allowed on facebook because it rots people's brains.

True. But in a little country like Aotearoa maybe it would put a lot of social pressure on people not to be C***s?

go look at your city, or regional council's facebook page, and checkout the comments 🤣

l live in a tiny rural town. It doesn't slow people down at all.

Have you seen the things people post under their own names in legacy newspapers??

Ok, I've seen the error of my assumption from multiple angles now, lol

I mean go look at linkedin. That place isn't any less toxic and it's exclusively for people looking to network with their real identities. and that ignores the dangers to literally everybody if you don't let people organize anonymously.

Ooh

That's fucked up. Why people do dumb

No, that just limits the right to act badly to those who already hold privileged positions.

e.g. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Hamilton city councillor writes expletive-laden rant to neighbouring councilwww.rnz.co.nz Hamilton's mayor says Andrew Bydder's expletive-filled submission to a neighbouring council is "vulgar" and "abusive", and has made a formal complaint.

Yes it most certainly is, people get killed without the protections of anonymity

I've worked in that space for 20+ years, and bear in mind that there's a long list of countries where the outcome for, "being queer" is a swift lynching

Or, "I posted something negative about Putin from Donbas under my legal name now my family is in a mass grave"

The research shows that real name policies do not make social media better. Sometimes they make it more vicious. Overwhelmingly the "best" experience is had in environments where anonymity is allowed. (I will try to find citations!)

They called Michelle a man and a gorilla. They will be ruthless against Kamala.

exactly!

It was so bad during the primaries, and when she was nominated as VP. They will lose what little composure they have left, which isn't much.

Don’t forget her husband is Jewish, the other side sure won’t.

I like Harris but her base is "non-racist wine moms" and as a wine mom I fear that's not a big enough demo

Knowing K-Hive though, she might even get some racist wine moms who would relish the opportunity to lord their support of her over BIPOC who are less than thrilled 😅

“I have a Black friend” yeah who “President Harris”

Manifesting this. ✨

Unbelievably spot on assessment of K-Hive

Speaking of special demographics, has there been a group named as being the most important? The New Soccer Moms? The New Joe The Plumbers? The New Subway Jareds?

She's a bit too much of a cop-lover for me. As California AG she vigorously defended misbehaving prosecutors.

She appeals to a VERY specific type that doesnt pay attention beyond surface level. I (and most folks I know) are no fans of her at all, but if this happens I dont think its hyperbole to say my god will things get nasty. Obama was one thing but a black lady? Naw. This country will lose its damn mind

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