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This is interesting to me from a sociological/sociolinguistic perspective. In a way, it seems like Kamala Harris is aping the verbal delivery of Trump in order

• ggm 2y ago
  She has a campaign staff. "she" probably isn't doing this. Her staff are. And it's only one of many strategies and by no means the biggest or the most important: It appeals to a particular market segment and sometimes leaks a bit more widely.
  • aspenmayer 2y ago
    Of course, I don’t mean to suggest that it’s all her, and she’s been in the political spotlight for decades. I’m sure her media training is quite good, from her behavior during debates for example. It’s a team effort. It’s interesting to me, all the same.
    • ggm 2y ago
      Right. it's fascinating. I think This and "Dark Brandon" worked, but perhaps it's because I see them, and don't see the equally effective efforts for the other side. My understanding of the other side's imagery is that it has a lot of eagles, Guns, crosses, flames and Leni Riefenstahl in it, but maybe I'm wrong? I saw Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's TV ads in Argentina and they were amazing. They wouldn't have been out of place in 1936, except they were in colour. Adoring kids looking to the mother of the country, cut to a jet flying down the parade ground as tanks roll, cut to family eating juicy steak thanks to the mother of the nation, cut to the mother of the nation with a flame background...