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Harris pledges to appoint a Republican to her Cabinet if elected (www.nbcnews.com)

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“I have spent my career inviting diversity of opinion. I think it’s important to have people at the table when some of the most important decisions are being made that have different views, different experiences,” Harris said. “And I think it would be to the benefit of the American public to have a member of my Cabinet who was a Republican.”

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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Not sure this is really Onion material. Diversity of thought is very important. If elected a cabinet of yes men might do her some harm. Even one dissenting voice can at least demonstrate how non partymembers might react to her plans. Allowing her to cater them to better appeal to a larger amount of the nation's people.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Diversity of thought is very important

So she's going to appoint a Democratic Socialist? No? Someone from Sunrise then? No? A Palestinian-American Democrat? They couldn't even get 2 minutes at the convention. How about a BLM activist? She marched for that cause, surely that's some diversity she'd want to have represented. Not that either? Hm.

Maybe this isn't about diversity of thought and instead about the doomed Democratic instinct to try to coopt the center-right, which according to the theory of centrism will make them win forever! Just not any of the times they've already tried it.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If she marched for the cause of BLM adding another person from that group wouldn't add a novel view point if that is already one of her own. As for the other groups you mentioned I think that they would be good additions. A homogeneous cabinet is pointless.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

I didn't ask whether you thought they were diverse, I asked whether you thought they would ever be given the same consideration in the name of "diversity of thought". We both know they won't.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Diversity of thought is very important.

Sure, Jan.

Putting a fascist in a position of power creates diversity of thought in the same way that polluting a river adds flavor to drinking water.

We can have diversity of thought without indulging fascists. Germany's been doing it for almost a century now.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cabinet positions are advisory and have little actually power. And not everyone "who was a Republican" is a fascist.