• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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      I don’t think that’s pedantic whatsoever in this context. Words matter from politicians, especially when they have teams of speechwriters, and she’s not exactly Ms. Progressive. She’s promised to fight against 10% of it, and it’s totally valid to want her to clarify her intent.

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        Y’all know decimate was the headline and this was the actual statement, right?

        I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation— to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.

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          Regardless, the “pedantic” argument against the headline is only a thing if you’re not allowing for the evolution of language, it’s actually just being a snooty language snob given that language does evolve and the usage of the headline aligns with common standards these days:

          Decimate strayed from its “tenth” meaning and nowadays refers to the act of destroying or hurting something in great numbers.

          See also definition 3b of the same source.

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        When you look at her voting record in the Senate, she’s fairly progressive (as far as US politics goes). IIRC, she’s a little to the right of Sanders, and a little to the left of Warren, but pretty close overall to both of them. That said, she’s more of a pragmatist, and Sanders is an idealist.

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    Trump has distanced himself from the project, calling it ‘ridiculous’ and not tied to him.

    Just a reminder for folks:

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      No foreign policy points?

      I guess trade and tariffs touches on this, but I’m interested in NATO and geopolitics

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        The little Trump says about it shows he wants to run external affairs and defense as the world’s biggest protection racket.

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    The two most important things that made me who I am today are libraries and public schools. She has my vote!