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In another Lemmy post highlighting an article where Pete Buttigieg says America is ready for a gay man to be Vice President, I made this comment:
Obviously, this statement is, at least somewhat, hyperbole, but I made that statement to point out that I'm waiting for us all to grow the fuck up. Until we are able to accept and nurture a society that would willingly elect a Trans Atheist Single Childless Woman of Color as President of the United States Of America, based off of what they can contribute back to humanity as a whole (or, at the very least, I guess the nation state of the USA), then we truly are more akin to a bunch of high schoolers playing a popularity contest for who gets the nuclear access codes than adults participating in a mature and healthy electoral process.
Tbh, I'd settle for either one, or even a religious person who keeps their religion out of their politics, including speeches.
As long as that person was also good at the job and had good policy priorities, of course.
You really are right about this, we want good leaders with good plans. Humans, who can be humans. If we can elect religious folks (Biden) who don't push that everyone must be that (I don't feel that he has), it is just the same with a "Trans Atheist Single Childless Woman of Color" because of that same thing. It's good to have diverse leadership. It seems that some of these hate groups are wrapped up in believing something like if we let one in, we let them all in. We're all here, together, and it can be fine.