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[–] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Tbf she’s practicing what she preaches by saying something. Christian values would be to ‘love your neighbor and enemy’. Personally, I think she still truly believes in Biden’s of message bipartisanship being possible.

As a person, she showed dignity and respect for someone that held views that were quite different from her own. A leader tries to build bridges rather than more walls.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    That’s true but we have limits. Torture and War Criminal are over the line. Showing dignity and respect for Hitler should not be a tweet.

    She would have saved us from chaos and violence though.

    Those things are two different conversations.

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  • [+] -8 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I’d say it’s more about the people still around than the man himself. Each death can be a tragedy to someone, in this case it would be his immediate family, his friends, and the people in his community that like the Cheney the person, not necessarily the politician. Harris wanting to help with the pain those people are experiencing is a kind gesture to those people. Salt in the wound isn’t going to have any effect on Cheney, but it will on those still here that are experiencing pain from his passing.

    Personally, I don’t want to be like those on the Right. I would rather live a life where each person’s life has value innately. Those who’s lives were negatively impacted and abruptly ended by the man’s policies have not experienced justice either. I can only hope we learn to be more caring than those who came before us to end the cycle of greed and violence.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I don’t want to be like those on the Right.

    Then don't celebrate war criminals, genocide, etc.

    People on the right hate regular people for shitty reasons. That's not what's happening here.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    Where is the celebration?

    I said I don’t want to be like those on those the Right for their callousness.

    I’m not saying you can’t hate the guy, I just don’t think it’s worth nitpicking a person, who is a politician, showing kindness after someone has died.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yeah I’m sure all the people whos families died as a direct result of Cheney are glad American politicians are being so nice to him after he died to save his families feelings.

    It cost her absolutely nothing to just stay silent, friend.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This isn't building bridges though. No Republican is going to be moved or softened by this statement. It's going to actively alienate the people who are supposed to like you though. The best move is to simply say nothing at all.

    All this bullshit tells me is that those in power are still seeing this as nothing but business, like what we're going through is simply a contract negotiation. No hard feelings. That they can watch their colleagues cause the death and misery of thousands and then leave that at the door and go grab a drink with that person.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It may or may not be building some bridges, I can’t say you’re wrong because there is a lot of truth in what you are saying, unfortunately.

    The fact that politics is treated as a team sport by the Right, where this type of message of caring from Harris and other Democrats will just go to fade into the void, is part of the problem with the media and political sphere we have allowed to fester.

    I feel that social media has opened the door to too much open hostility to acts of kindness. Strategizing around a best move politically rather than having an open heart, even to people that may hate you.

    I think having an open heart means treating your interactions with others like it isn’t just business. I’m sure many politicians do have issues with the selfish and self-centered actions of one’s peers. I don’t think that necessarily reflects on the way people show kindness to one another when they experience a personal hardship or how they interact with their families. Maybe it’s Democrats trying to chip at the cold exterior with some of the Republicans; I personally don’t think politics will always be like they currently are where media plays up the divide.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I feel that social media has opened the door to too much open hostility to acts of kindness. Strategizing around a best move politically rather than having an open heart, even to people that may hate you.

    It was Harris' choice to post this publicly for people to react to. If it was simply about being kind then it could've been a private communication to the Cheney family directly.

    It was performative at its core and woefully out of touch as well.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago

    And people have agency for how they react as well. Being open about it can be seen as saying that it’s okay to show care for one another in times of personal tragedy. He was someone that Harris knew personally as well.

    I’d say it’s pushing against-the-grain rather than out of touch. There is so much need out to play sides about every aspect of life. Some things don’t need to be about scoring points.

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