https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1205571256575287296
So it’s gonna be Mayo Pete and Klob debating each other? I could watch that.
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I’m not sure how mainstream I am, but I definitely approach politics differently than most people. I am definitely not a consequentialist, so I accept that my preferences can have outcomes that are undesirable. I am a lot more process-oriented and I want to back a presidential candidate who I think understands the big-picture, theoretical ideas of politics.
lol DNC. I wonder if they’ll move it, or try to force negotiations.
So different question for you folks. Do you consider having a special reference code on a donation link to be “bundling”? Pete’s “Investor’s circle” that Warren has been talking about going after includes a lot of people who are just normal grassroots supporters who signed up at the start to have their own referral code, so when they post the link to donate to Pete on twitter, etc, a note goes on the donation that their link was used.
So my friend who is an engineer at GA, and my other friend who is a fellow poker dealer, their names are going to be listed on this bundler list. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t just a tiny bit afraid for them for the unnecessary scrutiny they might receive for doing something completely innocent. I highly doubt when they signed up for this in April that they even thought they would be considered bundlers, and thus evil and corrupt by fellow dems. Nuance is not exactly the strong suit of the people screaming about this, and I’m not sure they care that these folks have “bundled” a bunch of $3 and $10 donations through ActBlue.
police, too
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OK so this redefining white privilege as class privilege is like, peak white privilege.
What you think of as white privilege is an aspect of it. But what you don’t experience is the effects of the constant policing of your identity. Freedom from that is what white privilege is.
Anecdote - - a family member moved back to Socal after a few years in Portland. Her ancestry is southern European and she looks vaguely Mediterranean and has been mistaken for black, for Jewish, Iranian, Greek by people of those ethnicities. Anyway, at the doctor’s, physical therapist, notary public even, her ethnicity or race was always questioned. She would check the “white” box on medical forms and get second guessed on it every time. Worst thing she could say is ‘Spanish’ (you know, from Spain) because then they think that means Mexican.
Having strangers constantly assuming it is their place to tell you who you are and where you should be is a humiliaring hassle.
She said she missed not having to constantly explain herself and assert her right to be in a space and right to be taken seriously. I said what she missed was being white.
Moving back to a more diverse part of the country, she feels more at home and nobody thinks twice about who she is or where she should be. That freedom is the privilege of whiteness.
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GOPete vs Klobs HU for souls
(of americans who will die as a result of their healthcare policies)
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they already moved it once
yup, for the same reason. lol DNC. lol California.
sigh
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What additional context do you think that adds?
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oh i forgot. Nothing for this crowd.
also
it’s Klob alone on stage:
https://twitter.com/PeteButtigieg/status/1205578850392059904?s=20
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Acknowledging your white privilege is much easier to do when you are successful, make good money, have a college degree etc. It works because you still get to keep all the privilege but you also get the added benefit of being woke.
Poor white people only have looking down on minorities to look forward too.
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Poor white people aren’t privileged at all unless you compare them to similarly poor minorities. You want to experience being judged as ‘not worth of’ in America? Try having jacked up teeth, being fat, or not having a HS diploma.
Referral codes on campaign donations is ridiculous. Yes, I want to know who is doing that. No, the fact that you are AGAIN trying to paint this as the mean left going after small donors doesn’t change that.
Like what possible reason could the campaign have for wanting to know who referred someone to make a donation to them beyond rubbing that persons back later?
How is that not privilege?
I’m not trying to paint it as anything. Personally, I don’t see the problem, but I wasn’t sure if anyone else did. Now I know. Thank you for answering.
They haven’t gotten anything special AFAIK
i’m not gonna hate on the guy for using data science to optimize his campaign. what’s wrong with identifying the people who can handle more responsibility before giving it to them? should jobs just be distributed at random? based on the feel of middle management one day? i don’t get it either
If it’s just a Klob monologue I won’t feel too bad missing it. I got tickets for Star Wars Thursday night anyway
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