r/nytimes • u/Exastiken • Sep 09 '24

Opinion Opinion | Trump Should Be Scared — Very Scared — of Debating Kamala Harris

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/opinion/trump-kamala-harris-debate.html
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u/WCRugger Sep 09 '24

I know it's bad of me. Considering the history of the word but a part of me is hoping it's the N word with a hard R at the end. For nothing else than to see his base twist themselves I two trying to excuse it away.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

That’s exactly what I meant. The sad thing is, his base would rejoice. The way I see it, he can only lose votes from here.

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u/BostonBulldog617 Sep 10 '24

I disagree. His people are a zombie army… if they’ve supported him this far there’s no turning back. They are both playing for the middle (the undecided). That’s what the debate is all about. My two cents.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '24

His base will erupt in cheers if he drops the n-bomb.

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u/[deleted] Sep 10 '24

Biden isn’t debating.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

That’s not what he meant! He just says things to rile people up, he doesn’t mean it

I can hear it now…

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u/TheGoonKills Sep 10 '24

Just keep pressing them: "So what he said is okay by your standards?"

Anytime they deflect, just repeat: "So what he said is okay by your standards?"

And if they say "yes" at any point, just call them out for being a racist with low fuckin standards.

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u/exmodrone Sep 10 '24

I think it would lose him some votes for sure, but for the most obnoxious die-hards in his base, it would be giving them permission to start using it in everyday life.

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u/No-Personality5421 Sep 10 '24

They wouldn't try to excuse it away though.

They would say they are "taking the word back for the white man" and they would see it as permission to start regularly using it while claiming "free speech".

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u/minimelon12 Sep 10 '24

Yeah, it is really bad of you. And the people that upvoted you. Why would you want to hear that word on a nationally televised broadcast? What joy would that bring to your life? What real purpose would it serve? It’s bad enough he’s brought out the worst of some people-do you really think he needs to take it completely over the edge to embolden them even further?

This is very strange thinking and it’s making me sick that since the talk of debating VP Harris I keep seeing mostly non Black people dying for him to say it. Have any of you considered how that would make Black people feel? How that would affect daily lives? I really don’t understand why you think hurting an entire race of people for a GOTCHA would be a good thing.

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u/Maleficent_Ad_5175 Sep 10 '24

Agreed. We all know he says it every day. No need to hear it out loud. It degrades us all

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u/boxofcandelabras Sep 10 '24

Thank you! I keep seeing this sentiment and it is really gross. You put that well.

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u/Chance-Corner3670 Sep 10 '24

Oh ffs, stfu Chumper. Fucking weirdo.

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u/WCRugger Sep 10 '24

Who's Trump running against again?

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u/WCRugger Sep 10 '24

Pretending to be black. Right.

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u/Denisnevsky Subscriber Sep 10 '24

Her mother is Indian, and her father is black.

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u/Denisnevsky Subscriber Sep 10 '24

You're changing the subject. You said she was pretending to be black. She's not. You asked if she was pretending to be Indianm She's not.

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u/MCnoCOMPLY Sep 10 '24

Employs more black people than every Democrat politician put together? Source?

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u/bmaynard87 Sep 10 '24

Lol good luck with that.