• Tinidril
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    9 days ago

    Unpopular opinion: Kamala was a solid candidate.

    If that is an unpopular opinion then the statement is definitionally false.

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      9 days ago

      This statement implies popularity = good, universally.

      In the 1800s, slavery was popular. Hence, should a candidate have run on preserving slavery?

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        7 days ago

        No it doesn’t. A candidate needs a lot of qualities to be “good”. One of those qualities is the ability to be popular on election day. An unpopular candidate isn’t a good candidate. A popular candidate might be.