Comment on Why is AOC a big deal? She just speaks common sense and calls out absurdity. Have we really gone that far off the rails where we don't do it ourselves?

chunes@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Young, female, Latina, everything MAGA hates.

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  • Ninjasftw@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Don’t forget smart and assertive

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  • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Chalking it up to racism etc. is typical superficial social media thinking that doesn’t give her credit for what she does. AOC is a lot more than a young Latina.

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    • natecox@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      If you think that avenge MAGA thinking rises above this then you haven’t been paying attention.

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      • LovableSidekick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        If you only define AOC in MAGA’s terms then neither have you.

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  • Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Don’t forget she was a bartender in college, which they hate.

    Meanwhile boebert was very literally an escort, which is how she got into politics. Yet nobody cares

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• VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Pretty much. She’s currently in their crossfires.

  Which honestly, is good. AoC is tough. Shes been doing this for a few years now, picking up the torch that Bernie Sanders lit three decades ago.

  And behind her are hundreds of politicians who are empowered by people like her to rise up. AoC (and Bernie) walked so these new folks can run.

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