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Don't be a coconut, get registered to vote! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by Godric to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I'm out of the loop on the coconut thing. What's that all about?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

A quote from a speech she made.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

It's part of a speech she gave, and is a quote from her mom. But the longer quote is more useful; everything exists in a context.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Aside from the reference calling someone a coconut is a great way to get them offside if they've got brown skin, so I wouldn't recommend going around saying that title in real life...

[–] gAlienLifeform 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, it's not supposed to be a title, it's an idea

"My mother ... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' " Harris said with a laugh. "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."

The whole point is believing people aren't coconuts and that they're way more complicated than that

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

I agree, I just thought it worth mentioning that telling people 'don't be be a coconut' has the potential to backfire if you want them to be agreeable to whatever you say next.