08-17-2020, 12:23 PM
(08-17-2020, 10:24 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: If Biden really wanted to help a marginalized group he would have committed to a Native American woman. But their aren't enough Native Americans to help him get elected, hence the choice he made. It is, as you correctly point out, the very definition of pandering.
Well, he could have picked Elizabeth Warren. I have no issue to leave this distateful comment, she apparently used a basically non-existent native american heritage to possibly advance her career and unlike seemingly everyone else I am not cool with that, so there.
In general though, I am not mad at Biden for doing what he feels is the best way to win an election. Sure I think that's what this is, I'm uncertain if the approach is right, but I can't condemn accepting what is deemed cold reality. I also feel it's not real necessary to pit marginalized groups against each other. One could very well argue that picking Kamala Harris does as well help an actually marginalized group that just happens to be larger in numbers and hence being a more influential group to pander to. How I see this in general, I already lost 10.000 words about that.
I will say this again though for whatever reason, if it were about choosing the candidate that really helps the black community in their most dire needs, it would have been the guy that is for universal healthcare and free, well-funded education. But it seems he had the wrong skin tone, as empathically stated by way too many people. I wasn't rooting for Bernie for several reasons, but all those "he's an old white male and that's all there is to say to that" comments really rubbed me the wrong way.