Harris: Please no one else call them garbage, please God don’t let anyone else call them garbage.

Ohhhh good point, thanks! She’s still fairly mobile (though not as agile a jumper as she once was, which she gets angry about, loudly) but that’s a great thing to remember!

Ha, totally fair. I really hate SQL server’s dark mode options though and as I work through a few frustrating networks, I like just being plugged directly in, without screwing around with a better IDE.

But I’m an uncouth savage who uses f.lux as the day wears on.

Except for example, of the quarter of Latinos who had supported trump last election but maybe this time were wavering, the sitting president just called them garbage. Probably not ideal for someone considering voting for your party.

Sounds like a great plan, hadn’t even considered they might have something like that! Thanks!

Oh that makes sense! I was a little worried it might be too hot but I imagine one at a pet store would have the temp taken care of etc.

Thanks!

But he is also not being helpful.

Thanks folks, these were great suggestions! I will be getting her a heat pad shortly!

Ha, right? I feel bad for Harris, she gets unfairly saddled with all of Biden’s baggage from both the Left and the Right and as VP can’t really do much about it.

Brutal position to be in.

I don’t think it has to be a part of their identity. I don’t love the last party I just voted for. But if one of the parties vying for my vote calls supporters of that party garbage, I’m less inclined to listen to them.

Someone fed up with maga knows probably has a lot of trump supporting friends, family, church community etc whom they probably don’t appreciate being called garbage.

Totally reasonable.

And sometimes (often, if I’m being honest) I find myself getting tired of shitty people being able to do and say shitty things and somehow it’s rude to call it out.

Fully agree. It’s goddamn exhausting trying to be the good guys. Feels.like the other side gets to cheat, like the villains throwing civilians in harms way so the heroes have to save them etc.

But the older I get and the more concerned about the world we’re leaving for my friends’ kids, the more I care about winning elections instead of feeling smugly superior. (I said, while being smugly superior at people on my side whom I feel are being childish and/or counter-productive.)

Are you maybe responding to a different comment? Or who is the they with the pithy sentence?

We won 2018, 2020, 2022 mostly on the highground.

Pretty decent (couldn’t resist) track record.

Jesus. Out curiosity, what percentage of his supporters would you feel comfortable calling nazis?

I think you’re maybe misreading the point? Calling trump supporters garbage alienates those people who are in the middle (who clearly exist as evidenced by the polling swings over the last few months.)

I’d rather we do whatever to win every possible vote instead of pointlessly/counter-productively namecalling from the moral highground but maybe that’s just me.

I love there were 2 sentences respond ling to the point and then a diatribe about the other side is evil.

I’m not arguing the merits of maga. What I’m saying is pretty simple, if you were on the fence or say, one of the (I think it’s quarter-ish?) of Latinos supporting trump who was maybe repelled by that comedian, Biden just went and called you the same damn thing. And he’s the president, not a warm up act amidst a dozen or whatever speakers.

Which makes them more likely to vote…

Yes, the deplorables angle worked so damn well last time…

Edit: surprise, trump’s campaigning on it and thr White House is falling down desperately trying to apologize/spin it.

And just like that, the spotlight is exactly where trump fucking wants it.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4962153-trump-biden-garbage-comments/

Totally fair. And there are definitely reasons to dislike Bezos but on the which of the two is worse… Going Musk over Bezos feels a little.like the folks claiming trump will be better for Palestineans. Bezos didn’t let his paper endorse trump, Musk is full on bribing people, campaign rallying for trump etc.

But to each their own, like I said, plenty of reasons to dislike Bezos.

Isn’t Starlink Musk’s outfit?