• Kookie215@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    People are calling her a witch doctor, which I find very funny because we all know what would have happened had a Democrat put up someone who says she speaks to spirits and mediates her illnesses away.

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      Marianne Williamson was far less weird and actually quite well-spoken and based but they laughed her out of the room every time

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        Maybe she was far less weird, but she was still far too weird to be someone I trust in a position of power. A rabid raccoon is a lot less threatening than a rabid polar bear, but I’m not sticking my hand near either of their mouths.

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          I don’t like her views on pseudomedicine, and there was some troubling reporting on how she’s verbally abusive to staff, but on basically every important political issue she’s better than most mainline Democrats. The soundbites and debates definitely made her sound weird but on 1-1 interviews she seemed fairly well-spoken and with admirable ideals and moral consistency. When most politicians on both sides of the aisle are supporting crackdowns on migrants, tariffs on renewable technologies, and genocide, it definitely seems to me that some weirdness isn’t really the top priority here. At the very least she was the best candidate, policy-wise, on the 2024 Dem primary ballot.

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        Don’t start sanewashing that garbage. People like her are exactly why the US is hosed in 2025.

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    Well if her new role becomes too much maybe Elizabeth Holmes is available. I think this is about the right time to give Theranos another chance.

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      I mean, residence programs are bullshit that was started to cover for the creator’s stimulant abuse. It absolutely needs to be reformed.

      Still funny that conservatives picked her.

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        Hospitals that make bank relying on underpaid residents: “Best i can do is mandatory coke habits”

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    At this point nothing surprises me anymore. (Yet still sometimes does, but not in this instance)

    Common sense left the room on January 20th. From now on it’s all either “forces of evil” or “miracles”.