• GladiusB@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Pfft. This is a dumb interpretation. They just want clear leadership that is outspoken. Kamala is too composed and not owning the conservatives enough.

    As much as I like the high road, she didn’t tip any new voters in her direction.

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      4 days ago

      People want a populist narrative that promises to deliver meaningful change. Harris refused to do this, in large part because of Democratic consultants. A populist narrative is why Bernie is so popular and why Trump has maintained a base of supporters in the form of the MAGA movement.

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        4 days ago

        I mean, that’s what I said with the fact that her stance was not out there enough and she was composed. It was nuanced and most did not “get it”.

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          It was nuanced and most did not “get it”.

          This is less directed at your argument and more at the general usage of nuance that I’ve seen. Your argument is the most recent example for me anyway. Nuance has been put on a pedestal as this universally good standard. Nuance is only as good as it is useful. For something to be nuanced it needs to get into the weeds of a topic because that level of specificity is essential to or otherwise facilitates a good faith discussion.

          This is the word your argument is using.

          nuanced

          : having nuances : having or characterized by subtle and often appealingly complex qualities, aspects, or distinctions (as in character or tone)

          a nuanced performance

          Whenever the movie focusses on Van Doren and Goodwin and Stempel, it treats them as nuanced human beings. But other characters in the film … are sketched less fully. — Ken Auletta

          https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuanced

          Since I am subscribed to a descriptivist approach to defining words here is the new definition of nuanced as I have seen it used.

          nuanced

          2 : having a good or correct quality

          Nuanced news, everyone! — Professor Farnsworth

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            4 days ago

            Well I did mean it conventionally. There are many small details to her plan that were discussed but you had to listen to the details to hear the differences between her and Biden. Which most people didn’t hear because she is not outspoken.