I am voting for Harris. I will do everything I'm able to do to get her elected.
Please don't shove "prosecutor is good, actually" down our throats. For my part, I'll hold off on the "cop" rhetoric.
She's accomplished and progressive on lots of stuff. Let's focus on that.
@D_J_Nathanson Eh. You only have to stop chanting "ACAB" for a few seconds to cheer when a cop takes down a notorious criminal.
1. You've never seen that phrase out of me.
2. Taking down one notorious criminal is great. It doesn't happen in a vacuum. I'm not going to cheer if it is the result of policies, practices, or lionizing that makes things even worse for criminal system-impacted groups. Ends justifying means is rarely what I'm down for.
@D_J_Nathanson Right, I agree with that.
But a political campaign needs a narrative, and "cop takes down criminal" is a fantastic narrative.
My point above (granted, a bit more shrouded in metaphor and hyperbole than it needed to be) was that you don't need to stop criticizing the systemic failures to celebrate the individual successes.
Americans need something to cheer for. We can cheer for the cop taking down the criminal while still demanding that cops have more accountability.
@LouisIngenthron I take your point without 100% agreeing with it.