Tim Walz Says 'We Wouldn't Be In This Mess' If It Wasn't For Him And Harris
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The former vice presidential nominee offered a blunt mea culpa on MSNBC.

Summary

Former vice presidential nominee Tim Walz criticized Trump for economic chaos while taking personal responsibility for the situation during an MSNBC interview.

“We wouldn’t be in this mess if we’d have won the election — and we didn’t,” Walz told Chris Hayes. He called Trump the “worst possible business executive” and praised the Wall Street Journal’s editorial criticizing Trump’s tariff war.

Walz emphasized Democrats must offer something better, not just criticize Trump. Recently, he acknowledged a leadership void in the Democratic Party and admitted spending too much time combatting Trump’s false claims about immigrants.

  • AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Weird is a compliment. It means you are willing to be yourself in the face of broken societal standards.

    Someone who wants to take the rights of others isn’t weird. The word you’re looking for is “evil” or “selfish” or “authoritarian”.

    • tischbier@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      There’s different types of weird. If this type of weird doesn’t apply to you, then you shouldn’t be offended by it.

      I’m extremely weird and I wasn’t offended by it. Because it’s not referring to me.

      Sometimes we have to set aside our ego and strike where our opponent is weakest. They are weakest when they feel like they are not being included in the “in group.” Weird cuts quickly to that weakness. It has nothing to do with you and everything to do with them.

      If you are hurt by this, then maybe you should work on your introspection and figure out why it bothers you so much. It almost certainly wasn’t meant in the way you’ve taken it. I hope you find growth here.

      • AnIndefiniteArticle@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        Thank you.

        I think it hurts me because the same type of liberal centrist thought saying Trump is “weird” has also outgrouped me as “weird” in a way that has materially destroyed my life and career.

        We need to empathize, not outgroup.

        • tischbier@feddit.orgEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I must add: I have a friend in his 50’s who had a similar reaction that you did. So, please don’t think your perspective is invalid here. You aren’t wrong in pointing out that this line did hurt some people whom it wasn’t meant for—including yourself.

          What you’ve said in explanation is very sad for me to learn. I am very sorry that you hold such pain and suffering here. That you’ve endured this. You owe me no explaining but this makes sense to me why you are bothered.

          You would probably like the Tao Te Ching. If you haven’t read it before it’s fairly short. There are many translations. I think you might find strategy to use empathy offensively there.

          I thank you for being vulnerable and I wish you healing and strength. You are always welcome here.

    • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      Sure, I don’t subscribe to the conservative framing of societal standards and I won’t normalize their framing

      I call them fascist, personally, but the Democratic Party is too scared too.