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Kamala Harris was not a cop
#26886383 - 08/18/20 09:49 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don't know where this rumor started, but it's spread like wildfire somehow. I first started seeing the "Kamala is a Cop" memes on social media the day she was selected as Biden's running mate and, much to my own embarrassment, I just blindly believed it until today.
The fact of the matter is that Harris was never a police officer. Go ahead and read about her career history for yourself, if you like. She was a state prosecutor in California, but she wasn't a cop. It's true that state prosecutors often work in cooperation with the police, but calling her a cop is not true, and it's an obvious ploy to make all of the Democrat voters who supported the BLM movement look like hypocrites.
This is incredibly frustrating because of how much it's shaking up the Democratic voter population, and it's all based on a falsehood.
Before the pack of wild dogs comes in to rip her apart, I just want to be clear that I don't think Kamala Harris is a perfect choice. I'm just as frustrated with her as I am with the nomination of Biden by the DNC. She's a flawed U.S. politician that comes with all of the flaws of the modern Democratic party. However, the claim that she was a cop is false, and we need to stop saying that, and to start calling people out when we see it.
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So she didn’t actually arrest them, just prosecuted them. That’s supposed to be better how?
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Dark_Star] 3
#26886394 - 08/18/20 10:02 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you're at a table with 10 Nazis and you aren't opposing them, there are 11 Nazis at that table.
She helped perpetuate a broken system just like the boots on the ground did. Being a DA might be even worse than being a cop. She is, at the very least, a very tone deaf pick by Biden.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: illuminati] 2
#26886400 - 08/18/20 10:08 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah we’re talking about a person whose job it was to make damn sure that the people the cops arrested stayed in jail. How that’s better really makes no sense. There are progressive DAs.....but Kamala wasn’t one of them. Can’t be surprised he picked her though. Biden was the architect of the RAVE ACT & helped to write that notorious 1994 crime bill.
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Nonagon Infinity said: I don't know where this rumor started, but it's spread like wildfire somehow. I first started seeing the "Kamala is a Cop" memes on social media the day she was selected as Biden's running mate and, much to my own embarrassment, I just blindly believed it until today.
The fact of the matter is that Harris was never a police officer. Go ahead and read about her career history for yourself, if you like. She was a state prosecutor in California, but she wasn't a cop. It's true that state prosecutors often work in cooperation with the police, but calling her a cop is not true, and it's an obvious ploy to make all of the Democrat voters who supported the BLM movement look like hypocrites.
This is incredibly frustrating because of how much it's shaking up the Democratic voter population, and it's all based on a falsehood.
Before the pack of wild dogs comes in to rip her apart, I just want to be clear that I don't think Kamala Harris is a perfect choice. I'm just as frustrated with her as I am with the nomination of Biden by the DNC. She's a flawed U.S. politician that comes with all of the flaws of the modern Democratic party. However, the claim that she was a cop is false, and we need to stop saying that, and to start calling people out when we see it.
I don't think you wrote a bad post, but I don't think any of this is much shaking up the Democratic voter population. Everyone knew Biden wasn't going to pick a progressive, and we got what we expected. It could have been worse.
They're running against Trump. No worries.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Dark_Star] 3
#26886424 - 08/18/20 10:22 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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So she didn’t actually arrest them, just prosecuted them. That’s supposed to be better how? 
I don’t think the issue is prosecutors killing defendants in the courtroom . It’s cops killing them before they can have their day with people like her, thats what people are mad about .
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Psilynut2] 5
#26886445 - 08/18/20 10:31 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Prosecutors are the worst kinds of cops.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Psilynut2] 1
#26886449 - 08/18/20 10:32 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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People are also mad about lives being ruined over shit that shouldn’t be illegal in the first place, like drugs. Prosecutors routinely ruin people’s lives over such things....and Kamala did not have a good record of being progressive with things like drugs when she was a prosecutor. Quite the opposite in fact. Blows my mind that on this website; the shroomery...aka a website around a fungus that’s been banned by the government for no good reason, we have people defending prosecutors like Kamala. Just as crazy as all the right-wingers here waving their law & order flags. What a joke.....
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Psilynut2]
#26886454 - 08/18/20 10:35 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don’t think the issue is prosecutors killing defendants in the courtroom . It’s cops killing them before they can have their day with people like her, thats what people are mad about .
That's only a part of it. The whole system from the top down is rotten and designed to keep people in it for legal slave labor.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Dark_Star]
#26886460 - 08/18/20 10:37 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dems getting angry about Kamala's career don't seem to realise that Kamala is there to win over potential Trump voters, not them.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: mm.] 1
#26886462 - 08/18/20 10:38 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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mm. said: Dems getting angry about Kamala's career don't seem to realise that Kamala is there to win over potential Trump voters, not them.
Imagine believing this.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: The Ecstatic] 4
#26886473 - 08/18/20 10:40 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Imagine believing this.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: illuminati]
#26886485 - 08/18/20 10:43 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Effectively, it may make sense that Kamala would appeal to the moderate conservative, no?
But she's non-white and female so she has that working for those voters. Maybe they are trying to hit two birds with one stone.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: illuminati]
#26886493 - 08/18/20 10:50 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Imagine believing this.
"You know who is really going to get those Trump voters to jump ship? A black woman from California!"
Lol exactly
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Psilynut2] 1
#26886496 - 08/18/20 10:51 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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So she didn’t actually arrest them, just prosecuted them. That’s supposed to be better how? 
I don’t think the issue is prosecutors killing defendants in the courtroom . It’s cops killing them before they can have their day with people like her, thats what people are mad about .
That's why those people have their heads up their asses, the 'war on drugs' destroys tens of millions of lives every year, yet people want to focus on the small amount of cop killings. It's time to put this into the proper context. It's almost like BLM never addresses the 'war on drugs' because it has been infiltrated since day one.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Yellow Pants] 1
#26886499 - 08/18/20 10:53 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yellow Pants said: Effectively, it may make sense that Kamala would appeal to the moderate conservative, no?
But she's non-white and female so she has that working for those voters. Maybe they are trying to hit two birds with one stone.
It's the perfect plan, find a non-white female with a D next to her name and convince the sheep she's a progressive. This woman has a track record of a moderate Republican.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: qman] 2
#26886511 - 08/18/20 10:59 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dems & repubes are both right wing parties. It’s just that the dems masquerade as liberals, and for whatever reason a large percentage of the population.....both dems & repubes somehow believe it.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Dark_Star] 1
#26886512 - 08/18/20 11:00 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dark_Star said: So she didn’t actually arrest them, just prosecuted them. That’s supposed to be better how? 
That would be a much more accurate statement than calling her a cop - although cops and prosecutors support the same system of oppression, the difference between cops and prosecutors is not trivial. That's all I'm saying.
Again, not saying that she's exempt from criticism, or that you ought to vote for her. I'm not saying she has a clean record, or that her career was spotless. I'm just saying that calling her a cop is misleading. I agree that our criminal prosecution system is riddled with problems, and that she ought to be criticized for playing a role in that system. I'm just saying that calling her a cop is misleading.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Dark_Star] 1
#26886514 - 08/18/20 11:00 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dark_Star said: Dems & repubes are both right wing parties. It’s just that the dems masquerade as liberals, and for whatever reason a large percentage of the population.....both dems & repubes somehow believe it.
I agree with you 100%. If I had one major criticism of the Democratic party, it would be that they're not left-leaning enough.
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Re: Kamala Harris was not a cop [Re: Dark_Star]
#26886523 - 08/18/20 11:05 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Dark_Star said: People are also mad about lives being ruined over shit that shouldn’t be illegal in the first place, like drugs. Prosecutors routinely ruin people’s lives over such things....and Kamala did not have a good record of being progressive with things like drugs when she was a prosecutor. Quite the opposite in fact. Blows my mind that on this website; the shroomery...aka a website around a fungus that’s been banned by the government for no good reason, we have people defending prosecutors like Kamala. Just as crazy as all the right-wingers here waving their law & order flags. What a joke.....
I completely agree with you. She didn't start supporting legalization of marijuana until that position was already considered popular among other Democrats. She's a right-wing politician who follows the progressive tides of change whenever it's convenient for her political career, and her role as a state prosecutor supported a system that oppresses people. I apologize if I didn't make this clear in my OP, but I am not defending her. I am simply saying that calling her a cop is not true. She was never a cop: she was a prosecutor. I'm not saying that's better. I'm not saying that being a prosecutor is exempt from criticism. I just think we need to be accurate when discussing politics.
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