Vice President Harris chooses Tim Walz as running mate
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Walz, the governor of Minnesota, is a former high school teacher, Army officer and member of the U.S. House.
      • cowfodder@lemmy.world
        521·
        4 months ago

        Is it really a criticism though? There’s nothing of merit to it. I could see criticizing the pick based on Walz’s views (though I’d probably argue against that too; Walz has a pretty stellar record).

        He’s basically the same age as Harris, so the “old” portion of the criticism is right out the window. What we’re left with is that he’s a white man, which is always what the VP pick was going to be. The unfortunate truth in this country is that a lot of voters are not ready to support a presidential ticket with two women or people of color.

      • Tyfud@lemmy.world
        17·
        4 months ago

        That’s not how criticism works. There needs to be something of substance for a critique to have merit.

        This was just stereotyping someone based on their looks. You know, the thing we give the other side shit for doing with Harris. It’s not productive, not a good look, and outside of the internet it’s a great way to tell the people around you that you have nothing of value to add to a conversation or discussion.

        • ABCDE@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 months ago

          A criticism of something and a critique imply different things; criticism can be short, like theirs was, and that is fine for online forums. You can, of course, criticise their criticism, I can can criticise that.