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14. Isn't this vetting?

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 01:42 PM

Jul 2019

Can’t believe there are complaints! Thus is tone deaf right ? We need youth turnout.

Looking fondly back and admitting we were stupid then is not going to feel the same way to people who are young right now.

Yes it is stupid to make a big deal of it. But double standards aren’t right either. So one who defended her versus Biden need to take this one in stride.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Kamala Harris: Young people are 'stupid' [View all] wyldwolf Jul 2019 OP

She got that right. Cattledog Jul 2019 #1

I find the word coarse and demeaning - she could have said "impressionable" or "naive". Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #19

She could've just called them adolescents. Hortensis Jul 2019 #31

Agree, she could have chosen better wording but she's not wrong onetexan Jul 2019 #37

I'm so glad Facebook wasn't around in the early 90s. Politicub Jul 2019 #36

Yep, the only ones who don't think so are 18-24 year-olds. bitterross Jul 2019 #38

+1 Here is VIDEO of the entire speech for context SunsetDreams2 Jul 2019 #57

Thank goodness customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #61

2015? OMG CRUCIFY HER. maxsolomon Jul 2019 #2

"2015? OMG" left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #10

The difference is that no one is saying the comment is off-limits for discussion StarfishSaver Jul 2019 #23

OK. Got it left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 #25

yeah i rolled my eyes at that too. maxsolomon Jul 2019 #26

If it's ok for Kamala to attack Biden for the 1970's Vegas Roller Jul 2019 #12

see comment 26 maxsolomon Jul 2019 #27

I could write a small book covering al lthe stupid shit I did back at that age. Thnx for posting thi Kaleva Jul 2019 #3

Pretty stupid comment considering what she was there to talk about. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #4

Oh boy! Here we go with the attacks again Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #5

young people in that age group accounted for 31% of the vote in 2016 wyldwolf Jul 2019 #8

Stupid young people. SouthernProgressive Jul 2019 #9

I'm not sure what "we" you're talking about, rogue emissary Jul 2019 #16

OK wyldwolf Jul 2019 #18

I was just pointing out women and African Americans can be maligned rogue emissary Jul 2019 #41

And what do you call African Americans... MicaelS Jul 2019 #28

Rich people that wanted a big tax cut. Meadowoak Jul 2019 #30

Ooh, good one. MicaelS Jul 2019 #33

You will be shocked if you did a search of how many African-Americans. at140 Jul 2019 #58

It's not a given. drray23 Jul 2019 #71

Money is a huge motivator for MOST people at140 Jul 2019 #72

Insane customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #62

maybe now it's time to call for Kamala to apologize re: this unfortunate comment onetexan Jul 2019 #46

So let's dredge up yet another irrelevant comment by some candidate The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2019 #6

"It was a joke," a spokesperson for the Harris campaign said of the candidate's remarks." bluewater Jul 2019 #7

WOW ! stonecutter357 Jul 2019 #11

Are we ready for Prime Time? Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #13

Indeed. She'll only be ready for prime time tishaLA Jul 2019 #32

Isn't this vetting? treestar Jul 2019 #14

So she's advocating a social service for youth who are ignorant of the law jcgoldie Jul 2019 #15

ffs. what a nothing burger. we need to learn not to swallow this crap. mopinko Jul 2019 #17

18-24 is the prime offending age range qazplm135 Jul 2019 #20

"We cannot rewrite history" said Harris in a recent statement oasis Jul 2019 #21

If you haven't already, please vote in this poll. Kaleva Jul 2019 #22

And so they often are, as I remember from being that age once. MineralMan Jul 2019 #24

Much like evangelists cherry picking certain verses. Kaleva Jul 2019 #42

Vice sure loves stirring the shit, don't they? namahage Jul 2019 #29

Right, I'd forgotten that. He has no empathy for the younger generation. Demit Jul 2019 #40

+100,000 Kind of Blue Jul 2019 #51

According to a report. Harris once told a young man from Hunter's Point if he was going to protest- 58Sunliner Jul 2019 #34

Didn't Bush Jr. joke about this. Renew Deal Jul 2019 #35

Big difference - Bush Jr. called himself "stupid" - he did not insult other people. Is she quoted Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #64

A Gaffe is when you get caught unintentionally telling the truth. Trenzalore Jul 2019 #39

Alrighty, I guess we can now stop with the complaints about how Biden's utterances are used. Voltaire2 Jul 2019 #43

I wouldn't fault her for this other than to say, outside of gallows humor among people working emmaverybo Jul 2019 #44

The human brain does not trev Jul 2019 #45

Are we still snowybirdie Jul 2019 #47

+1 SunsetDreams2 Jul 2019 #48

yup obamanut2012 Jul 2019 #49

LOL... SidDithers Jul 2019 #50

Yup EffieBlack Jul 2019 #56

From the outside looking in, ecstatic Jul 2019 #60

well, come on, she meant they CAN BE stupid Skittles Jul 2019 #52

Guilty as charged Sen. Harris, stupid, of course when I was young and stupid.... Thomas Hurt Jul 2019 #53

I definitely was - but it was a lot of fun!!! walkingman Jul 2019 #54

It's getting comical Hav Jul 2019 #55

Lol. This is a silly. ecstatic Jul 2019 #59

"The younger generation now tells me how tough things are. Give me a break. Autumn Jul 2019 #63

Did Biden call them "stupid"? No, he did not. Skya Rhen Jul 2019 #65

It would have put him in a better light if he had. He has no empathy for young people, Harris does. Autumn Jul 2019 #67

It's not the first time he's been misquoted, even in this thread! George II Jul 2019 #69

uh oh..young people vote... samnsara Jul 2019 #66

i was going to trash Vice for this KayF Jul 2019 #68

My soon-to-be-18 year old son and his friends think Harris' comments are stupid. Princetonian Jul 2019 #70