Don't be a coconut, get registered to vote!

Anybody got data behind this awesome meme?

Sort of.
She was ranked the most politically left compared with the rest of the senate freshmen in 2018. Bernie was the second most politically left of all the senators in the same session.
I know there's another site that shows how they voted on everything but I haven't found it yet.
- It's also worth noting that she served less than one term, so her sample size is incredibly small compared to most Senators, but I honestly couldn't give a shit. She's not a facist and she's not sundowning, so whatever, fucking run her. Whatever gives the Democrats a shot at limping over the finish line is fine.
- Are you thinking of ontheissues?
My data shows the senator most aligned with Bernie Sanders is Bernie Sanders
https://voteview.com/person/41701/kamala-devi-harris
Also https://voteview.com/congress/senate/117

I will vote for whoever fights against Trump but, my god, this site is starting to feel like a propaganda mill.

Start posting then, be the change you want to see!
- I'm that 1% of user that has posted a lot here. Most posts do fine, but the myopic worldview and toxicity on Lemmy always reminds me why I'm not here so much these days. The community (and sometimes mods) have decided that certain topics/viewpoints are not to be joked about and dissention will not be tolerated.
  Honestly, the same problem can be found all throughout the internet. Twitter is super right wing and Reddit is super left wing. 4chan is cancer. I'd love to find a place that isn't just an echo-chamber but I'm not sure that exists anymore.
What you are seeing is genuine enthusiasm and momentum. I know it's been a while since this has happened, but it's legit.
- Some people mistake passion for anger. They see a representation of what they are most familiar with, in context with what they most expect given their environment.
  Unfortunately, you're going to see a lot of sentiment just like this: Excited people happy to have something positive to aim for, and those who see that excitement in context of political posting and one-sided arguments.
I think there's at least some sincere grass roots effort to overcome the feared challenges of a last minute campaign.
It's not just Lemmy; I'm seeing the same kind of posts and comments on Imgur. I'm sure reddit is the same but I'm not about to go back there to check. So while it is in fact propaganda, it's also a sign that the majority of Americans using these platforms support Harris. Don't know about Facebook cause I don't use it either, but it's probably more of a mixed bag of Harris and Trump supporters like I'm seeing on YouTube.
I felt completely horrible after the debate, I can accept Biden was sick, jet laged, on nyquil, just woke up from a nap, and heavily distracted because he couldn't stop thinking about his cat Reggie. But that was beyond acceptable, it's REALLY frustrating to have three elections in a row. THREE. Where both candidates, no matter who wins, would be the oldest president we've ever had on record. So yeah. I'm excited to vote for someone that doesn't have future shock when they see a Super Nintendo.
- Kamala being on the ticket, a moved forced by circumstances, can change the mentality of our dear, often poor strategically inclined, Blue butts. If we come out strong for Kamala, and make it clear that we are voting FOR her just as much as against fascist fucks, some of them will see justification for putting up candidates that aren't always old, white, and distracted by cats called Reggie.
It's warranted. We need the mills running.

I'm out of the loop on the coconut thing. What's that all about?

A quote from a speech she made.
It's part of a speech she gave, and is a quote from her mom. But the longer quote is more useful; everything exists in a context.
Aside from the reference calling someone a coconut is a great way to get them offside if they've got brown skin, so I wouldn't recommend going around saying that title in real life...
- Oh yeah, it's not supposed to be a title, it's an idea
  "My mother ... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don’t know what’s wrong with you young people. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?' " Harris said with a laugh. "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."
  The whole point is believing people aren't coconuts and that they're way more complicated than that

Anybody who still refuses to vote is just looking for excuses to maintain a lazy nihilistic attitude.

At this point, anyone who can vote but won't - "dOn'T cArE! bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe!" - is just an imbecile throwing an infantile tantrum. Then there's also always right-wing divide-and-conquer shitheads clumsily shifting gears.

I upvoted this post to make it 666.

Upvoted this comment to make it 4
- Upvoted this comment to make it 5
New goal: 777

In 2016, I heard something about Harris that has stuck with me and which speaks to what kind of person she is. She married her husband Doug Emhoff in 2014. At that time, Doug had two teenage kids already, a son and daughter. They apparently love Kamala, and call her Momala.
Anyone who's on loving terms with their teenage step kids must be pretty decent, in my book.
- It takes a lot of effort to get there.

Clippetyclop, motherfucker. You'll learn not to insult the coconut gang!

There are 3 kinds of lies...

Let’s be sure not to vote so President Trump can help the people of Palest… wait… oh that’s right. Trump was asking why all of Gaza hasn’t already been leveled and all the Palestinians genocided months ago.
Trump thinks Netanyahu is being too soft on Palestinians.
Is this the talking point you Tankies are settling on?
- It seems a lot of people suffer from short-term memory.
  During CNN's Democratic presidential debate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) tears into Sen. Kamala Harris' record when she served as an attorney general and district attorney. #CNN #News
  Tulsi Gabbard rips Kamala Harris' record on criminal prosecutions^[[1] Jul 31, 2019 | https://youtu.be/Y4fjA0K2EeE]
An account that is lemmy.ml and still railing about the genocide narrative even though Trump is a far bigger supporter of Israel?
Totally not a Ruzzian bot comrade who wants Trump to win order to continue Ruzzian genocide of Ukrainians.
Gotta be one of you in every comment section, taking moronism to new heights.
Ooo we got a live on here folks!
Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about a homosexual love affair with Putin
- This will probably be meme for decades.
she really is just obama 2 electric boogaloo!!
for the readers with less than contextual consumption abilities, i'm shitposting.