Alt text: a screenshot of a microblog post with the text “you walking down an alleyway with a gram of weed in your pocket, who would you rather catch you?” Below are two pictures side by side. One of Kamala Harris and the other of Batman.

  • orcrist@lemm.ee
    91·
    4 months ago

    What you’re proposing is a failed strategy. Remember Hillary? People said exactly what you said, and she lost.

    Trying to pretend the justice system is actually just, that’s not going to gain her any votes. You could tackle the issue head on, and that might get her some votes. And voters are remarkably smart in many ways. Dishonesty alienates many of them. They don’t expect that things are perfect now, but they do have hopes for the future, and they’re on the lookout for obfuscation and denial.

    Finally, the strategy you’re proposing is something that MLK specifically warned against in Letter from Birmingham Jail.