No, but I do see a problem with reinforcing the stereotype that using or advocating the legalization of marijuana is a bad thing.
Ok,she heavily implied that half her family was potheads. That is what she knew wasnt true. She wanted that bit to reach all the listeners, because even if she couched it as “half-joking” (which she did, and why “half” joking?), people knowing her family is Jamaican is all it takes. Ingrained stereotyping does the rest.
Btw, your feigned ignorance isnt very convincing.
I think this can be said of pretty much every politician.
Disagree.
In the context of her explaining why she is pro-legalization of marijuana, that is.
‘So, Senator, what’s your position on subsidies for watermelon farmers?’
‘I’m in favor of them. Heck, half my fam - er, let me rephrase that…’
Regards,
Shodan
Disclaimer: Not a Harris fan, not a Jamaican, in favor of legalization, and not particularly offended but still willing to make a joke about it
Good grief! Threads like these make me think Liberals have become a parody of themselves.
And I’m a Liberal.
What do you mean exactly? Im certainly not offended by the joke. It just highlights a flaw in the candidate, in my eyes, at least. For the reasons ive already given. See her father for one who was offended lol.
Here, let me help you avoid thread-shitting:
Specifically what parts of the whole thread are you criticizing and why?
I wasn’t referring to you.
I was referring to certain folks who get their panties in a twist over EVERY single piece of minutia that can be conceived of as “Stereotyping”, “Bigotry”, or “Misogyny”.
Wow, if that’s an accurate description of Harris, Trump must be in awe of her as a rare kindred spirit! 
I take it you disagree. Ok. Thanks fer playing!
I didn’t think you were referring to me, but I was curious what you took exception to. And now that you’ve specified, I’ll note that there are only one or two posts from one or two posters that even slightly resemble your stated beef. Hardly the grounds to criticize the whole thread or liberals in general.
What there is, though, is a whole lot of reflexively defensive posts that remind me of the reflexively defensive posts circa 2016.
Btw, Trump is all those things, just taken to mental-illness proportions and without intelligence. That’s why he sees Harris as his top (or one of his top) opponents for 2020. For all her flaws, Harris ain’t stupid.
FTR, no, that wasn’t disagreement. I know almost nothing about Harris and I have no particular interest in advancing my knowledge in that regard. I just thought your description of her – which may well be true for all I know – was so perfectly Trumpian!
Let’s just reset this thread, shall we.
Resolved: Cory Booker, who for some reason gets a lot of talk about his authenticity, has more authenticity in his pinkie finger than Kamala Harris. Why don’t we see the same kind of reflexively defensive posts about him on the issue of his authenticity?
Oh, I see. I interpreted it to simply mean that having been exposed to Jamaican culture from childhood, she was familiar (not necessarily personally) with the practice of pot smoking and didn’t view it as a particularly bad thing. I certainly didn’t think that she was implying that her family themselves smoked.
Like if you asked me how I felt about legalization, I might grin and say I grew up in Oregon. I would not mean to imply by that that “I grew up in Oregon and EVERYBODY THERE SMOKES WEED ALL THE TIME, DUDE! ESPECIALLY MY GRANDPARENTS!”. Just that the practice is more widespread and acceptable there than in most places.
I still think my interpretation is much more reasonable.
Why “reset” this thread? Your question, like the OP to this one, would be more appropriately asked in the big Harris thread, or maybe in a new thread if you want to talk about Booker.
I didn’t see it, but I read that Harris’ rollout had some speeches in which she talked movingly about her mother. I guess we see why she decided to go that route.
So is this the first Presidential candidate in history whose father described their campaign as “a travesty”? I’m sure George Bush did, but I mean publicly.
Because the actual issue of the somewhat poorly-executed OP* has to do with Kamala Harris’s authenticity. I thought offering someone to compare and contrast could be an interesting discussion instead of where we were.
No? Unless there’s something I haven’t seen indicating otherwise, I’m pretty sure he did not refer to her campaign as a travesty. This does not sound to me like a father who would think that: https://www.jamaicaglobalonline.com/kamala-harris-jamaican-heritage/
- Sorry Ambivalid, but I think you agree.