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“I’m a gun owner; Tim Walz is a gun owner,” Harris said.

“I did not know that,” Winfrey replied.

“If somebody breaks into my house, they’re getting shot,” Harris added. “Probably should not have said that. But my staff will deal with that later.”

The article has a video clip. I love the bullshit "probably..." It's a 100% certainty she spoke with her staff and workshopped the phrasing and presentation of gun stuff. Plus I bet she practiced her lines. No American politician is going to wing it when talking about guns.

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[-] TheModerateTankie@hexbear.net 19 points 8 hours ago

Ah yes, the American dream of being able to murder a threatening stranger.

Life is cheap in the Burger Reich.

[-] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 6 points 7 hours ago

surprised she didn't throw a "that's how we do it down where i'm from y'all" in there to REALLY sell how down home and folksy she is. she's just like me!!!! im gonna vooooooooote!!! soypoint-2

[-] Vernon_Tennessee@hexbear.net 36 points 11 hours ago

I love how Harris is starting out with every advantage a candidate could possibly have and systematically blowing it.

Trump too tbh. This election feels like both candidates are doing their damnedest to throw it for the other one because neither actually wants to be president right now lol.

[-] Riffraffintheroom@hexbear.net 12 points 10 hours ago

Is she? These seem less like flubs than attempts to flank Trump from the right, like with her “I love fracking SOFUCKINGMUCH” but at the debate. Libs are gonna vote for her no matter what and leftists are demographically a non-factor so why wouldn’t she?

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[-] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 42 points 12 hours ago

I can hear the switches flipping in lib brains in order to support this.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 35 points 12 hours ago

They showed themselves to have no moral compasses when it comes to genocide. Their true colors are that they're weathervanes.

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago

Their compasses are like in Pirates of the Caribbean, they just point to whatever they want most. Which, regrettably, is just The Status Quo...or perhaps Brunch if they haven't had one in a while

[-] Roonerino@hexbear.net 12 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Be a pirate

Whip out my magic compass

I look to the horizon

Roguish grin

"Hoist the mainsail and set a course for Good Vibes!"

The crew replies in unison

"Yasssss queen! Slay!"

The cargo hold is full of bombs for Israel

[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 83 points 14 hours ago

Even people with private security and millions of dollars still fantasize about castle doctrine gun battles?

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 43 points 13 hours ago

Just as the founding fathers intended

[-] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 30 points 11 hours ago

I have a hypothesis that burgerland's "everyone should own a gun and be ready to use it at the drop of a hat" culture was cultivated as part of the white yeoman farmer ideal so that the burger regime could offload as much of the genocide work as possible onto the average settler. I think you're more spot on than you intended.

[-] ImmortanStalin@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 7 hours ago

That and to keep the slaves in line.

[-] nocturnedragonite@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 8 hours ago

That's literally what happened lmao

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 29 points 11 hours ago

was cultivated as part of the white yeoman farmer ideal so that the burger regime could offload as much of the genocide work as possible onto the average settler.

This is not a theory really, if you look into Hitler's whole "generalplan ost" thing he planned to have nazi settlers set up farmsteads and do "defend their land" type shit. It all makes perfect sense ngl.

[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 22 points 11 hours ago

Not really a hypothesis, just a description of history

[-] rentasonder@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

If I remember Settlers right, Sakai basically says that.

[-] heggs_bayer@hexbear.net 10 points 8 hours ago

One of the best kind of leftist moments is when you come to a conclusion you think is original only to find out someone discovered it decades ago and put it better than you ever could.

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 4 points 3 hours ago

The power of historical materialism.

[-] rentasonder@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 7 hours ago

It's a nice feeling!

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[-] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 18 points 11 hours ago

It’s so obviously performative when they each have a battalion of secret service on security detail. If they pulled a gun out and started wandering the halls of their houses, they are more likely to cause a friendly fire incident than stop an intruder

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