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Trenzalore

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39. A Gaffe is when you get caught unintentionally telling the truth.

Mon Jul 8, 2019, 02:56 PM

Jul 2019

Most people make stupid mistakes when they are in their late teens to mid 20s.

I made a couple woppers but nothing criminal.

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

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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