• lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    She’s been getting a lot of hate for not endorsing Harris and people fail to realize the difference between endorsing and voting. Her entire point is that the government can’t be fixed in a day. Voting for Harris is the obvious choice but her being in office isn’t going to magically solve all our problems.

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      1 month ago

      Except, by definition, she is endorsing Harris by publicly supporting her candidacy. Endorse doesn’t mean you agree with everything they stand for, but if you are publicly saying who you are voting for, that’s an endorsement.

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        1 month ago

        A: this isn’t really an endorsement, more than it is an acknowledgement of how fucked the options are. If you’d like to know the difference, go look at what Swifts endorsement looked like

        B: she wasn’t even going to say who she was voting for, but libs decided to harass her until she did

        example: I use windows for work but i’m sure as fuck not going to recommend it to other people. Saying that i’m forced to use windows for work is not an endorsement. I’d go so far as to say that in this context it’s more of a complaint or indictment than a endorsement.

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          1 month ago

          She is telling the world that she thinks Harris is the best choice to vote for in this election. It’s 100% an endorsement. Literally by definition. People seem to be confusing endorsing someone to marrying yourself to all of their views.

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            1 month ago

            declare one’s public approval or support of.

            Err, you working from a different dictionary?

            This is why she resisted saying who she was voting for initially, and why she is explicitly saying she is not endorsing

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              1 month ago

              What does voting for someone do if not show support for them? In a democracy it’s the ultimate form of support.

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                1 month ago

                Lmao, idk maybe go watch her videos, she is definitely not voicing support and certainly not approval

                Just so I’m clear: you’re saying that if I had a gun to my head and was forced to choose between getting shot or eating dogshit, and I chose dogshit, that would be considered an endorsement?

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                  1 month ago

                  Just so I’m clear:

                  She is neither being forced to vote for anyone, nor forced to let us know who she voted for. So, no, you’re not clear about it at all.

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                    1 month ago

                    You really don’t see the distinction? Being forced into making a choice you don’t like, and voicing a public approval of someone’s candidacy?

                    I mean think what you want i guess