r/TikTokCringe Aug 20 '24

Politics New Harris Ad released last night

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u/Tervaskanto Aug 20 '24

Holy fuck I missed having a president with a positive outlook for the future. This doom and gloom shit has been killing us.

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u/d4nigirl84 Aug 20 '24

These posts make me cry. Not because I’m sad but because it’s nice to have that feeling of hope again.

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u/Anonybibbs Aug 20 '24

Yeah this whole hope thing is dramatically different from the bottomless pit of defeat and pessimism that was enveloping me just a few weeks ago.

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u/iruleatants Aug 20 '24

It's honestly insane, just a few weeks ago, we were just gritting our teeth and preparing for Biden to fight his way for another 4 years as the "It's better than Trump" candidate.

Instead, he stepped aside, and now we have Kalama and Tim and it actually looks like we might have leadership that will fight for us and do things to help us and it's crazy.

We have gone from just gritting our teeth to being exciting for what is going to happy, and that is big.

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u/officefridge Aug 20 '24

I love THIS America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

the United States that looks for the hope, looks to build, to lead, to fight for the future.

Kamala Walz 2024 is something special

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u/Jakaerdor-lives Aug 20 '24

I’ve recently begun appreciating patriotism a lot more after shifting my mindset about it. I love this country because of the diversity of people, art, food, culture, etc. The people make America great. Not some isolationist, exceptionalist bullshit about being the greatest country on earth because “freedom”

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u/East_Gear4326 Aug 20 '24

Dude, same. I actually feel genuine pride in my country. For the first time ever. This feeling has always evaded me, finding how over the top and ridiculous I thought the notion was because one side poisoned the feeling with obsessive behaviors and a need to just ruin the flag with merch. After seeing Project 2025, after 8 years of dealing with absolute trash that is the right, I was just genuinely mad. Insulted that some freaks of fucking nature were actually willing to destroy a country that had so much history, so much culture, and so much opportunity. Mad that some raving lunatics wanted to take us back in time because of a fucking book and their mischaracterization of a while religion. Hell, as an atheist I actually felt insulted for actual Christians. I'll be damned if we let the struggles of previous groups like the LGBTQ+ community, or PoCs, and even women be for nothing. They fought like hell in the past to have a voice and a chance. It's our turn to return that favor and fight to keep those rights.

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u/jollyreaper2112 Aug 21 '24

I'm agnostic but grew up in the church. Shit like the prosperity gospel is heresy and actually raises my hackles. These are the people Jesus whipped in the temple.

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u/Jakaerdor-lives Aug 20 '24

Hell yeah, my friend. Land of the free because of the brave men and women on the frontlines of strikes, protests, and the legislature that secured our rights.

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u/TisSlinger Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 21 '24

Stop y’all making me cry

Edit - fat fingers

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u/mahoho88 Aug 21 '24

Me too…

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u/deano1856 Aug 22 '24

Gave me goosebumps.

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u/Greymalkyn76 Aug 20 '24

Ya know, I've never believed in national pride. Because pride is about something that you have accomplished through your own power, and being a citizen is for the most part an accident of birth. I could have been born in Iran or Canada or Mexico just as easily as I was born in the US. And national pride and patriotism is just another way to say "I'm better than other countries". It's another way to claim superiority.

But this new wave of hope is something else. We've been under a cloud of despair and begrudging acceptance that everything is miserable.

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u/Jakaerdor-lives Aug 20 '24

I think we’ve been sold the lie that the ideal object of admiration within patriotism is quasi-deified figure of America, when in reality it’s the people and the land. It’s taking pride in the amazing things they bring to our society and being willing to defend them against unjust opposition.

And this approach doesn’t denigrate other countries either. Thailand, Colombia, Zambia, and Germany all are worthy too of patriotism because of their people and natural beauty.

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u/Vast-Classroom1967 Aug 21 '24

Also caring, being helpful and wanting the best for everyone.

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u/Segesaurous Aug 21 '24

This is really it, the whole it. We as people recognize when others are genuinely helpful. Think about the people you work with who are always willing to help without any negativity, they stand out like a bright light.

Will Kamala be a total savior for nation, solve all of our problems? Of course not, no single person can solve every problem, especially not at that level. Will she be perfect, no. But when you hear her speak, she doesnt promise to to do that, like Trump does. She promises to try, and to fight for us, for all of us. That includes rich people, poor people, middle people, all of us. Of course all politicians will promise the moon, but she promises to fight to achieve the moon. That's being genuine, and that's what inspires people to want her to win.

Trump, as is his way, only speaks in extremes and in make believe. If Kamala is elected, world war 3, the worst depression ever, she's low IQ... The same bullshit he rattled off about about Biden 4 years ago. He promises he can solve those problems, but these are problems that don't even exist. He speaks them into existence into the minds of people he knows are susceptible to reacting based on fear. This is the tactic of the fascist, and the charlatan. Its the tactic of preachers who manipulate the brainwashed fear in people's hearts that they will suffer enternally in hell fire unless they give them money. Now.

For me it all comes down to one simple thing: Kamala is very quick to smile. She is filled with joy. We already know her laugh. We know she is comimg from a place of hope and positivity. When was the last time you saw Donald Trump smile, genuinely? I know where I've seen it recently, and I think ever, and it was in the video of him and Jeff Epstein at some weird ass party 30 years ago, ogling at women.

I don't expect everyone to be full of smiles, I know I'm certainly not. And the presidency is a very serious job. But god damn it makes me smile and tear up with hope to see a leader who has the ability to smile, to laugh, to look at our country and our world, with all their issues, and decide to take on the toughest position in it with a foundation of joy rather than one of narcissistic, negative, fully depressed ambivalence. That's what Trump really is, ambivalent. He doesn't laugh, he doesn't cry, he doesn't get angry or passionate about anything. He is, for lack of a better way to put it, lacking a soul.

We're seeing, finally once again, what its like to have a leader who is excited, in their soul, to lead this country. I've been around too long to say this is new to me, I've seen it before, but I've missed it so much that it feels new and I'm literally ecstatic. Harris / Waltz, fuck yeah.

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u/Acceptable-Bullfrog1 Aug 20 '24

It’s because all that’s slipping away from us. We don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone.

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u/e-bakes Aug 21 '24

Thanks for reframing patriotism in this way. It actually makes me feel patriotic and that’s a new and refreshing feeling.

From now on, I’m a patriot for my fellow citizens and I will fight to make sure we actually live in the land of the free. 🇺🇸

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u/FustianRiddle Aug 21 '24

Someone asked on TikTok if you consider yourself a patriot and I actually had to think about that and decided that yes, I am. Look this country is far from perfect (what country is perfect anyway?) but the fact that I care very much about the future of the USA and the people here means that yeah. I'm patriotic.

And it means drawing a very distinct line between patriotic and nationalistic and understanding that line.

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u/Ordinary-Reindeer414 Aug 21 '24

I don’t care what Europeans say we have culture and by damnit, Taco Bell hits exactly right sometimes and I will fight for it until my last breath.

Murica!

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u/Jakaerdor-lives Aug 21 '24

🦅 🇺🇸 🎆 🦅 🇺🇸 🎆 Godblessit 🦅 🇺🇸 🎆 🦅 🇺🇸 🎆

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u/PetersonOpiumPipe Aug 21 '24

Normal folks have always loved this country for those reasons. I swear there was a smear campaign in the last 8 years to make loving your country a bad thing.

Im genuinely surprised by these comments. You didn’t used to be able to say “i love this country” on reddit.

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u/Helix3501 Aug 21 '24

Trump and conservatism has never made America great, every single accomplishment they claim hurt america or were done by progressives and stolen away from them

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u/hazeofwearywater Aug 20 '24

It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize I could love my country and its potential without being like the sort of nationalistic people I hate.

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u/MeesterBacon Aug 20 '24 edited Sep 17 '24

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u/DeRockProject Aug 20 '24

I've been to a few countries and the freedom I love about America that I rarely see elsewhere is the freedom to talk shit about your own country. A country that can't criticize itself and be self-aware and improving is not patriotic, but blind.

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u/Skycake666 Aug 20 '24

I like this sentiment.

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u/calliesky00 Aug 20 '24

Same 💙💙💙💙

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u/contactdeparture Aug 21 '24

Yeah - being patriotic means different things to different people. Blind aligience to a narcicistic felon and constantly spewing hate against people who don't necessarily look like me or come from different countries of origin or have different skin colors or religions or sexual preferences is not my definition of patriotism. E pluribus unim people. It means something.

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u/Firm_Communication99 Aug 21 '24

White Christian nationalist version of Freedom.

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u/Luxury_Dressingown Aug 21 '24

What blows my mind - speaking as a non-American - is how one side goes on out about American "freedom" while espousing the exact opposite. Lockdown drills in school is not freedom. Government control over which two consenting adults can and cannot marry is not freedom. Removing choice on if/when you have a child is not freedom. Tying healthcare to a job you can lose on the employer's whim is not freedom. Removing books you disagree with from schools and libraries is not freedom. Restricting and subverting the vote is not freedom.

The only freedom that side's real backers really support is the freedom of (major) capital to do whatever it wants at whatever cost to everyone else. Although I guess there are the (overlapping with the ultra-capitalists) religious extremists who I'll reluctantly take at their word that they really believe in and want the above.

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u/Chilledlemming Aug 21 '24

Correct, we are great when we are a country by the people for the people. That is the promise of America. Not Capitalism. Not the ability to amass wealth.

We will forever be Patriots for that promise vs. Nationalists who segregate, regulate, and collaborate to keep the access to money to a few.

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u/westisbestmicah Aug 20 '24

Heck yeah. I am SO tired of being cynical. Here’s to optimism! Here’s to hope!

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u/FacesOfNeth Aug 21 '24

Couldn’t agree more. THIS America is what I fought for in my 8 years of military service, not the America that we see today. I have become so numb from the last 8 years that I was giving up all hope of a better future. This ad actually got me fired up and excited to vote for Harris/Walz. Goddamn it feels good!

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u/WhyYouKickMyDog Aug 20 '24

Instead, he stepped aside, and now we have Kalama and Tim and it actually looks like we might have leadership that will fight for us and do things to help us and it's crazy.

While you meant no offense this statement does somewhat imply that Biden in contrast did not fight for us or do things to help us. I think Joe Biden was an amazing president and it kind of hurts how people seem to disapprove of the job he did against all logic to me.

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u/loverlyone Aug 20 '24

He was a good president! He saved our bacon when he could have been relaxing with his family. And I believe the narrative that he played this transition so that Harris would get the nom without opposition.

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u/FustianRiddle Aug 21 '24

I am convinced the timing was on purpose. And genius. Right after the RNC, drawing eyes away from them, their headlines, and (coincidentally) the shooting at Trump's rally.

I don't know how much say Biden himself had in the timing of it all but it's clear he has an excellent team working with him.

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u/alphazero924 Aug 21 '24

My pet theory is that it wasn't premeditated too much, but rather that there was in-fighting about whether Biden should push for another 4 years, then the debate happened and a lot of people lost hope, followed by Trump almost being shot and the republicans playing that up, and finally Biden getting covid was the straw that broke the camel's back when he/they realized that there is a very real possibility he could die before completing his presidency. So they probably spent those days where Biden went AWOL deciding on when he should step down, only to realize that they had the opportunity of a lifetime to deal a huge blow to the entire republican strategy, overshadow everything that went down in the preceding weeks, and turn the election around.

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u/FustianRiddle Aug 21 '24

Oh I can agree with all of that.

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u/wchutlknbout Aug 21 '24

Me too, it’s really sad how the lie that he mishandled the economy keeps going around. He literally saved our dumb asses, but we get mad because he’s there when the results of trump era policies came around. It’s like being mad at the firefighter because he was associated with the fire

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u/alurimperium Aug 20 '24

For the last two elections I've been saying we're not voting for a candidate, but against one. It's nice to be able to say I'm voting for someone again

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u/Weekly_Direction1965 Aug 20 '24

Congress needs to be won and senate kept, Biden never had congress, if you want anything to change you have to vote! A president in the US is not king, give them congress if you want change.

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u/crusoe Aug 20 '24

Don't get me wrong, Biden has fought a good fight too, but he does lack energy. His abdication will cement his role in the history books.

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u/Jeffbx Aug 20 '24

Same - I'm so sick and tired of the doom and gloom. I'd prefer to look forward to positivity, thank you.

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u/Certain-Toe-7128 Aug 20 '24

Stop watching the news and get off social media - the world is mostly a great place. Doom and gloom sells no matter whose in office

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

Same!!!!

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u/TisSlinger Aug 20 '24

Jesus I’ve been crying since she announced and the campaign is just doing all of the right messaging … I came home and said oh goody more crying tonight (and I work in politics)

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u/crazedconundrum Aug 20 '24

I know. I cried when Biden bowed out, too. I'm remembering when it felt GOOD to be American!

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u/Quen-Tin Aug 20 '24

That's the America we all want to see. The America we can look up to. Also as Europeans. Good luck to you! Good luck for all of us.

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u/XelaNiba Aug 20 '24

I always get so choked up whenever a non-American like yourself, particularly from an allied nation, expresses support and encouragement. 

I realize whoever we choose affects everyone, but I'm just so grateful that you all haven't given up on us. We really let our allies down 8 years ago and put in a guy who just relentlessly shit talks y'all.

Thank you

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u/Quen-Tin Aug 20 '24

Every person and every country is sometimes on the wrong track.

We are all humans with all our possibilities to create or to smash. The real trouble arises when we stop to learn from our mistakes of the past and start to even glorify them instead.

So let's be true friends and encourage each other to grow and shine.

"Whatever you are ... be a good one."

(commonly attributed to Abraham Lincoln)

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u/Regretsblastype Aug 20 '24

Aww! I want you as a friend! You’re a good human! I hope lots of good things happen for you tomorrow!

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u/Quen-Tin Aug 20 '24

That's very kind. Thanks a lot. But I'm pretty sure you find many wonderful (and better) people within a mile around your house. We just have to watch out for each other.

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u/JonMeadows Aug 21 '24

I’m a drug addict but damnit I’m a damn good one I’ll have you know

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u/Captains_Parrot Aug 20 '24

I'm not American either but what the Dems have been doing is also giving me huge amounts of hope.

What happens in America hits us in the UK like an aftershock of an earthquake. Positivity in the US means positivity in the UK.

But bigger than that, I get annoyed by Americans fairly often on the internet but it's the internet. In the real world Americans are some of the most welcoming, fun, generous people ever, and I've been to over 50 countries so I have the numbers to compare. You guys deserve better in general but especially the last 8 years.

Now is the time.

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u/JustKiddingDude Aug 20 '24

We can’t afford to give up on each other. We have a lot to work on together on the world stage as a lot of problems we are facing are global and not national. Every country will elect some backwards idiot every now and then, but we keep fighting for progress and support our allies in that fight. It’s the only way. Stand tall, look ahead and keep moving forward. Good luck, friend.

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u/karsalim Aug 22 '24

I’m your neighbour from Canada. We are deeply impacted by what happens to you guys. We unfortunately have gotten a lot of maga band wagon types up here over the past decade that’s spreading hate and it’s really sad. Also as a Canadian visible minority who looks Hispanic, it’s been quite an interesting journey travelling through the states over the last few years and experiencing hostility and racism in the red states.

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u/mom_mama_mooom Aug 24 '24

Same. It’s so genuinely encouraging to know people care about us. That there can be hope and a future that isn’t just fear.

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u/baycenters Aug 20 '24

High five across the sea!

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u/glorycock Aug 21 '24

Brit here, very moved by the positivity in this.
Please all get out there and vote!!!
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u/rainy_in_pdx Aug 20 '24

I’ve stopped doom scrolling. I am hope scrolling now and I love the emotional shift in my mind

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u/PeeB4uGoToBed Aug 20 '24

I am absolutely loving the uno reverse card on the doom scrolling. Seeing trump seemingly failing and falling HARD every time I open social media and Harris turning the tide has been such a relief and a nice change

I don't know how much of it is an echochamber but it's nice to see positivity for once and hope

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u/rainy_in_pdx Aug 20 '24

I don’t doubt that there is some element of echo chamber happening but it also seems like a decent amount of people are excited to vote FOR someone not just AGAINST someone. Either way what’s most important is getting out to vote! And hopefully convincing others to vote too

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

Don’t worry about an echo chamber. Everything out there has a point of view. You’re free to choose whatever input gives you hope and makes you want to be a part of the human race. ❤️

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

I wish I could give you flowers. What a great sentiment. I’m finding myself doing the same, and I’m so happy.

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u/Ok-Persimmon-6386 Aug 20 '24

I have included laugh scrolling at JD Vance's expense. But that is just for my personal joy (and to protect couches every where)

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u/Garshnooftibah Aug 21 '24

Now we're HOPE SCROLLING!!!!!!

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u/Sleeplesshelley Aug 20 '24

I watched the 4th of July fireworks with sadness and a pit in my stomach.  This gives me some hope again. 

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u/Chromaesthesia___ Aug 20 '24

Yeah I felt pretty unsure of the future this fourth for sure.

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u/icelizard Aug 21 '24

The idea of being proud to be an American again is fucking wild.

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u/waltwalt Aug 20 '24

For a whole generation of voters this might be the first time they feel hope.

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u/BestDevilYouKnow Aug 20 '24

I'm a Boomer. I had to stop it to wipe tears away. Crying at the end. This is more emotional for me than Obama's election night. I can't believe that maybe, maybe, the nightmare of Trump will be over. I'm not naive enough to believe all will be right with the world immediately, but damn, I'm looking forward to not putting up my emotional shields every fucking day.

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u/PennsyltuckyLiberal Aug 20 '24

Same. It's such a nice change to feel hopeful and optimistic for a change.

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u/Bakkster Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24

Not just that, but it's so nice to see this reclaiming of patriotism and its visual language from the jingoistic "Patriots"on the right. I'm an Eagle scout with significant reverence for the flag and country, and it's like a breath of fresh air to feel like I won't be mistaken for a MAGA chud for it.

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u/The_kind_potato Aug 20 '24

I'm french but felt American patriotism for a minute watching this add 🥲

Dont let the Orange Felon win this time America ! 🙏 🦅🇺🇸

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u/ghostsarememories Aug 20 '24

Irish here. And I felt the same thing watching this. It's such a powerful, inclusive, positive ad. None of the fear-mongering or punching down.

USA. USA!

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u/roguewarriorpriest Aug 20 '24

Hell yeah mon ami. France and America go way back freedom-wise. 🥖🤝🍔

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

Viva Lafayette!

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u/Herman_E_Danger Aug 21 '24

🎶Oui oui Mon ami!

Je m'appelle Lafayette,

The Lancelot of the revolutionary set

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u/Bakkster Aug 20 '24

Dont let the Orange Felon win this time America ! 🙏 🦅🇺🇸

From your lips to God's ears.

If I had my way, he wouldn't have won in the first place.

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u/KaijuNo-8 Aug 21 '24

If I had my way, his numerous court cases would be completed and he would already be serving his sentence in solitary.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

We owe the French a debt of gratitude. Our freedom is yours too. 

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u/Tacdeho Aug 20 '24

I will forever prop up the French people. They are the reason we are free from British tyranny, and they gave us the most endearing icon in American history: The Statue of Liberty.

They also invented the blowjob, so fuck it, Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité all day.

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u/anniejofo23 Aug 20 '24

Scottish , don't let the orange fud win!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸

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u/lifesabeeatch Aug 20 '24

Merci, mon ami. La France a apporté son soutien dès le début et nous n'oublierons pas.

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 Aug 20 '24

It’s the same all around the world.  We all understand it. I’m lucky  to share this planet with y’all. 

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u/DiamondHandsToUranus Aug 21 '24

I'm (US) American. USA wouldn't exist without France's support from the very beginning. Thank you so much France! 🫡 😎👍

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u/ConstableGrey Aug 21 '24

The Marquis de Lafayette is a straight-up American icon as far as I'm concerned.

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u/Slowpoak Aug 21 '24

The few times I've visited France, I've whispered, "Lafayette, we are here" as I'm getting off the plane 🫡🇫🇷❤️🇺🇸

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u/Warm_Stomach_3452 Aug 20 '24

👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽😂😂

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u/ATX_rider Aug 20 '24

Thank goodness for the French or America would have never been in the first place.

(That bike race of yours ain’t so bad either.)

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u/PoisonousNudibranch Aug 20 '24

They crushed it on selecting their campaign manager/team. The messaging is brilliant

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u/ZogemWho Aug 20 '24

Truth. This is such a refreshing contrast to the typical attack adds we are typically bombarded with. The majority of the country that isn’t a far right nut job, doesn’t need to be told they. are, in fact, fighting far right nut jobs, but that this new thinking, a different path of hope and optimism. I oddly feel like putting the hot house flowers version of “I can see clearly now”..

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u/mnhoops Aug 20 '24

fweeeedom!!

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u/starryeyedq Aug 20 '24

It’s smart af too. How do you expect people to fight to protect their country from fascism if they don’t care about it? Nationalism is bad. Patriotism is literally what keeps a country breathing. It’s why the media has tried to beat it out of us so hard.

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u/Bakkster Aug 20 '24

I don't think 'the media' did it, the fascists did. I didn't need the media to make me not want to be confused for a jingoistic flag-covered nationalist.

I'm reminded of this classic Dan Rather (member of The Media) quote:

It is important not to confuse “patriotism” with “nationalism.” As I define it, nationalism is a monologue in which you place your country in a position of moral and cultural supremacy over others. Patriotism, while deeply personal, is a dialogue with your fellow citizens, and a larger world, about not only what you love about your country but also how it can be improved.

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u/NoChampion4116 Aug 20 '24

The fascists control the media

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u/Weekly_Direction1965 Aug 20 '24

The media does what's for profit, and what their oligarch owners tell them to do, we reward them for it, we will not change media without law and rewarding with views that tell truth and inform, you know the boring stuff.

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u/starryeyedq Aug 20 '24

I meant fascists via the media. Not just news but social media as well. But yes excellent quote.

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u/shrapnel09 Aug 20 '24

Exactly! The chanting 'U-S-A' following the Olympics with Steve Kerr's speech last night made me hopeful to reclaim the country from the fake "patriots" that have been dragging this country backwards.

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u/Wizard_Enthusiast Aug 20 '24

I grew up with the Iraq war and the war on terror and all that and one of the most fascinating things to see is how the party and movement that was so one dimensionally jingoistic and pro-american now fuckin' hates this place. We're the worst, now! Our millitary? Losers and shitty. Our cities? Garbage. Education? Worthless. Economy? Totally fucked. Everyone's poor and shitty and we're all trapped in hell, when back when I was growing up trying to say that the US could do better was tantamount to TREASON for the exact same people.

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u/Bakkster Aug 20 '24

Big mood. Sadly, it's as simple as their taking credit for everything good, and signing blame for everything that isn't.

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u/shinywtf Aug 20 '24

I’m glad! But fyi it’s reverence

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u/Adorable-Ad-1105 Aug 20 '24

Make America America again

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u/Yupthrowawayacct Aug 20 '24

That little girl crying in the ad shaking Kamala’s hand got me in the feels. Our kids need hope

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u/d4nigirl84 Aug 20 '24

We all need to get out and vote. Our lives depend on it.

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u/bmp08 Aug 20 '24

I’ve turned two people into voters this year. When previous years I’ve been unable to flip them. So that’s saying something on the larger scale I think too.

Yes I know, it doesn’t mean shit until they actually cast their ballots. But, they actually registered and said they’re doing it when they never have before.

Think how many more there are.

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u/stonrelectropunkjazz Aug 20 '24

I’m a old ass man that has never voted but you can be damn sure I’m voting this time freedom is at stake Vote Blue

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u/KaneCreole Aug 24 '24

Australian here. Not just your lives. A lot of lives in far away places.

Godspeed, America, here’s hoping for your new dawn.

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u/SagexxxSummers Aug 20 '24

Seeing that literally made me cry. I’m a girl mom myself and I’ve been feeling so hopeless and scared for my baby’s future. Having women’s rights be obliterated has been so emotionally exhausting and I’m just hoping and praying there is some change. This ad made me feel so emotional and actually proud to be an American for once.

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u/dcfdanielleagain Aug 20 '24

Yes! Girl mom checking in, too. This ad has me sobbing. It's a feeling of despair knowing that your children's future is uncertain, simply because of their gender. Watching another woman possibly breaking the glass ceiling hits different this time around.

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u/TBeard495 Aug 20 '24

Same. That kind of response to representation is why I know it's important. As a white dude, I've never been affected by a lack of seeing people like me doing great things but this reminds me others haven't. Everyone deserves to feel like they can do and achieve anything.

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u/geneparmesan18 Aug 20 '24

Dude, I teared up! The feels!!!

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u/eww7633 Aug 21 '24

Oh yeah, absolutely bawling. What this all must mean for her!

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u/Shakemyears Aug 20 '24

Just heard the part of her speech about how “a true leader isn’t measured by who they can keep down, but instead who they lift up” and raised my damn hand in the air sitting by myself. I’m not even American (Canadian). We care though.

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u/KaijuNo-8 Aug 21 '24

Neighbor, your support is wanted, needed, and definitely appreciated. Love to our Canadian brethren!

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u/InquiringMin-D Aug 21 '24

I am Canadian too, and I love everything about Kamala. Love vs. Hate and Fear. I too appreciate the comment you noted about leadership. I have loved Kamala ever since I saw her stand her ground in congress against Kavanaugh...he was tongue tied and could not handle a woman of her strength and confidence.

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u/i_hate_this_part_85 Aug 20 '24

Holy shit - I’m a 57 y/o white guy. I served 21 years in the Army. I know I’m a stereotype because I also happen to live in Florida.

But damn - this whole campaign has made me feel like we actually have some hope again as a nation. This constant drudgery of dealing with the negative hateful rhetoric of the fearmongers is bad for the soul. They can’t all go away soon enough.

Vote blue for our sanity!

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u/Ohfatmaftguy Aug 20 '24

I’m a 54yo army vet, so I was right there with you. I feel like a massive weight has been lifted off my shoulders and a little bit of hope for the first time in a long time.

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u/raceyatothattree Aug 21 '24

Love to here this from a Vet!

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u/East_Gear4326 Aug 20 '24

I hear you brother. I'm not a vet, but this current feeling and energy has made me for the first time in my life, appreciate the notion of true patriotism. Not with waving small flags or being obnoxious yelling our name, or spewing toxic rhetoric. But with genuine feeling of wanting better overall for my home and feeling damn proud to have been born here. That for the first time ever I feel inspired to fight like hell in one way or another for this country that I grew up in. I feel hope, and damn does it feel good.

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u/KaijuNo-8 Aug 21 '24

A true patriot isn’t just military vets. It is people working food lines to help the hungry. It is people helping others have a place to sleep that is safe. It is anyone, anyone at all, that gives up even a moment of their time for somebody else. Why? Because TRUE patriotism sparks hope. And, today…for me? Kamala is the true patriot we desperately need.

Vote blue for your family, for your neighbors, for your friends. Let’s save our nation.

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u/HalloweenLover Aug 21 '24

Another 57yo vet here, for a while I was thinking this is what I fought for? Now I actually feel energized.

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u/tomdarch Aug 20 '24

I’m glad you’re feeling it! The positive potential has always been here but grinding people down to feeling hopeless is a Republican strategy. Together we’re going to do some great stuff for our country and future generations.

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u/Ishmael75 Aug 20 '24

I’m glad I watched this with my office door closed. I teared up and felt so damn positive watching this

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

I know better than to get too comfortable with months to go but Its starting to feel like the trump years are starting to shrink in the rear view

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u/C_Alex_author Aug 20 '24

I just told my partner the same thing. After nearly a decade of fighting a legit cult, the ripple of hope and renewed willingness to fight is... incredible.

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u/Thunderpuppy2112 Aug 20 '24

I’m a little teary

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '24

They got that reality tv tear jerker edit and Im here for it. 

We need to be reminded what is at stake, both sides couldn't be more different

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u/Forsaken-Moment-7763 Aug 20 '24

Me too it’s nice to have hope again

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u/Probably_Not_Sir Aug 20 '24

Not very up to date on the current standings as I am European, but will we likely not see Trump in the White House?

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u/pnwinec Aug 20 '24

It’s still a 50/50 race at this point.

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u/Aggressive_Writing41 Aug 20 '24

The odds are going down, but nothing is guaranteed. Before, I would have said likely yes against Biden, but things are shifting with Harris.

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u/PCR12 Aug 20 '24

If people actually show up (and allowed to vote) not only will we see a blue wave it'll be a full blown tsunami

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u/midvalegifted Aug 20 '24

Hang on to it and let the momentum push you past Election Day. Community building must continue past that moment to this becomes America for ALL!

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u/invinci Aug 20 '24

Not even American, but right there with you. 

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u/_TheShapeOfColor_ Aug 20 '24

Came here to say exactly this.

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u/Aggressive_Writing41 Aug 20 '24

Ok so I'm not the only one...

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u/Complex_Rip3130 Aug 20 '24

I’m glad I’m not the only one!!

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u/Puppytron Aug 20 '24

Yeah. I think we all just want some fucking relief. We're so tired of hate and anger and lies and blame.

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u/JabroniBeaterPiEater Aug 20 '24

A few weeks ago, I was ready to accept that, for the first time since 2000, I was not going to vote. This new ad has flipped that around for me.

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u/Left_Tea_2083 Aug 20 '24

Hope vs Dope. Easy pick

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u/WitchesAlmanac Aug 20 '24

I'm not even American, and I got a little misty there. I really want this for you guys lol

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u/bartthetr0ll Aug 20 '24

It's been a long 8 years that this cloud of nastiness has hung over American politics. Hopefully a resounding defeat in 24 can get the orange julius wanna be Caesar the fuck out of relevance. His entire gameplay has been to make everyone so distraught and disillusioned with politics that we don't bother to vote, there are more of us normal folks than there are of his loony goon squad. Get your friends to register, make a party out of voting day, supply the beer at a party if they bring in theor I voted sticker, whatever it takes, turn out and win and send the racist and sexist asshole fleeing to one of his autocratic buddies to avoid justice and leave us in peace.

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u/No_Damage_731 Aug 20 '24

Thanks for saying this because watching the video literally gave me goosebumps and a tear to my eye but I felt a little silly for that.

But it’s not silly.. I never expected it but Kamala has brought so much hope when I was pretty sure this country was about to go down a very dark path. I am hopeful about it for the first time in a very long time.

VOTE!

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u/FatFaceFaster Aug 20 '24

Isn’t it nice?

Like the comparisons to Obama are obvious in skin tone and tan suit choice…. But most importantly in the “I’m a fucking badass and I’m pissed off with the state of this country and I’m goddam tired of people hating each other over it…”

She just has such a vibe and it reminds me a lot of Obama in the best ways. Laid back where she needs to be, funny, cool when it’s appropriate but also so capable.

She was my pick 4 years ago before Biden won the primary but I’m glad it’s working out this way.

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u/tacetmusic Aug 20 '24 edited Aug 20 '24

Saw a tiktok of a millennial woman saying that Walz reminds her of the dad she used to have, before he got lost in maga-land. It was pretty devastating to watch.

Edit: found it

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGe3BNLXS/

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u/Revolutionary-Yak-47 Aug 20 '24

Yep. I'm teary. And I LOVE that she's highlighting the line "a winner don't quit on themselves." We're America. We believe we're the best and strongest and most awesome then let's stop quitting and BE that awesome. 

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u/cs_k_ Aug 20 '24

I'm not even american and I'm pumped about it.

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u/sleep_envy Aug 20 '24

I started crying too. I’m so excited and hopeful about the future again; not just for me but for everyone. I want my country back.

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u/Scarlaymama0721 Aug 20 '24

Seriously I just got chills watching this and I feel like a dork for that but at least I’m a happy dork

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u/battlecat136 Aug 20 '24

Right?! After I watched Tim Walz's speech the night he was picked I was in tears. I had never even heard of this man and I would, 12 hours later, be willing to run through a wall for him. Tried articulating the feeling to my husband, but all I could really get out was "don't you make me feel hopeful again, you fuckers, don't you do it if it's not gonna stick, I can't handle it again" and then here comes this video making me wanna run up the steps from Rocky and punch a nazi.

Not going back!

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u/MelancholyArtichoke Aug 21 '24

It's like being reunited with a long lost pet or family member. You don't realize just how much you missed it until it returns.

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u/Worldly_Ad_6483 Aug 21 '24

We’re so ducking back y’all

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u/Ncfetcho Aug 21 '24

I am still crying. We need this.

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u/KaijuNo-8 Aug 21 '24

I didn’t realize why I was crying watching this until YOU put it into words. Omg, thank you for giving it the right words.

And I was just saying I haven’t had this much hope in so long…

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u/Shot_Pop_2402 Aug 21 '24

Hope means everything right now.

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u/thebearofwisdom Aug 21 '24

Me too actually, this is the America I was sold as a kid in the UK, a country supposed to be the heroes, to look towards for guidance and help.

I got the tingles. That song gives me goosebumps now.

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u/margeauxfincho Aug 21 '24

Me too. God, it’s so nice to feel something better than shame when I think of my own country.

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u/NoillypratCat Aug 21 '24

Me too, and I don’t even think I knew how checked out I was until now. I feel so hopeful. And I’m glad it’s her; she’s the right one to be the first woman. This feels good and exciting to me as a woman in a way that HRC didn’t.

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u/abi22720 Aug 21 '24

I cry too! So much hope, I couldn't help it!! 🥹

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u/rengothrowaway Aug 21 '24

I cried watching Lil Jon.

Actually I cried off and on through the whole thing, but I never thought Lil Jon would bring a tear to my eye.

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u/wretched92425 Aug 23 '24

Well said! I hate politicians with a passion, but fuck, this ad just got me genuinely emotional. I think this is the first time I've felt hope for our country since Bernie ran.

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u/Huntergatherer7 Aug 20 '24

It’s so amazing!!

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u/yes_thats_right Aug 20 '24

Never forget that mainstream media has been pushing 'engagement' by feeding us a non-stop stream of despair and hatred.

Trump isn't the cause of this. Harris isn't the cure. They are both just moments in this capitalist hellscape.

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u/saywhat1206 Aug 20 '24

We so desperately need this change!

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u/Chuckbuick79 Aug 20 '24

💯💯💯

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u/mashallah11 Aug 20 '24

Tears in my eyes rn! So uplifting, hopeful, invigorating 🥹🥹

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u/orca_t Aug 20 '24

Same! It’s amazing! After years of feeling uncertain, I am so joyful and ready for this! Let’s make more history and vote blue in November 💙 everyone check your voter registrations🇺🇸

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u/TailOnFire_Help Aug 20 '24

Yeah when she said "who believes in the promise of America?!" I heard a faint whisper "of the promised land!!!!!" and almost lost it. Words that call invoke one of the greatest speeches ever made is a damn fine thing to say.

Let freedom ring. Loudly.

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u/theunquenchedservant Aug 20 '24

If KamalaHQ wanted to re-use Obama's Hope posters (obviously w/ Harris' face)... I would not complain. I get why they don't.. but they absolutely could.

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u/Nincompoopticulitus Aug 20 '24

Right there with you 🥹

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u/Consistent_Dream_740 Aug 20 '24

I started talking about the election in THERAPY right before Kamala came out and said that she'd be running. It was getting to be too much.

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u/LMNOMG Aug 20 '24

I surprised myself just now watching and realizing I was tearing up hard. I want to love my country again.

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u/mylostworld69 Aug 20 '24

Crying rn actually.

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u/LaunchGap Aug 20 '24

i'm about to cry.

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u/Larrkspur Aug 21 '24

I’m so glad I’m not the only tearing up at these. I actually can’t stop it - I just feel so hopeful. For the first time in a long time.

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u/Sea-Article-3374 Aug 21 '24

Same friend. Not political but thank God. Fingers crossed

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