Some people will be miserable no matter who is running
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Well, she is an uppity woman, after all.
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I know you're being sarcastic, but I worry that people take that attitude. Some not voting for her because she's a woman, and then her supporters taking the Hillary Clinton angle that any criticism must be misogyny. All that did was ignore legitimate criticism that pointed out her low approval and failure to speak to her constituents. In the end, Dem voters didn't turn out.
There is legitimate criticism which is substantive and specific. And then there is the "I don't know what it is, but there's something about her I just don't like" which invariably and (to me at least) is quite obviously a gut reaction against strong-minded, intelligent and bold women.
Hillary Clinton got both. I've yet to see any substantive criticism of Harris... it's all been in the latter vein. Like literally "she's just not likable".
I don't have a criticism of her, but I do have concerns. My biggest concern are the people who won't vote for her based on her gender or race. As you said, they'll shroud it in ambiguous statements about just not liking her, but that'll be the reason for some people.
As for me, she's not as centrist as Biden, which is nice, but not as progressive as I'd like to see. But I'll vote for whomever the nominee is because they're not Trump. Knowing I'd have to vote for Biden again was bothering me though, he's given his life to public service, but his time was done, too many concerns.
Agree with you broadly. Yet... this type of concern is exactly why we end up with candidates like Biden. I say at this point pedal to the metal, let's go all in and make it stick. For me she's progressive enough given that no electable candidate will be as progressive as I'd like.