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This example of gutter politics (sorry) and his earlier video regarding Ford's low quality headlight harnesses really do seem to give off a fireside chatty accessible approach which appears diametrically opposed to what Vance exudes. No wonder MAGA is desperate to smear him with their stolen valor claims.Tim Walz's Rant On Gutters May Be The Most Hilariously Important Thing You See Today
“I try not to be judgmental on people, but when I see a well-tended gutter, it says a lot about somebody,” the vice presidential candidate said.www.huffpost.com
Tim Walz has strong opinions. Is it like JD Vance's strong opinions about whether or not you have children? No. About how it's wrong for rape victims to get an abortion? No. About how divorce is too easy and same-sex marriage is bad? No.
None of that. Tim Walz has strong opinions about gutters, and has some advice on how you can maintain a clean gutter with less effort.
Obviously this is silly and unimportant when it comes the presidential race. But how silly is it really? He feels strongly about getting the word out because he doesn't want random people to suffer some kind of misfortune or great personal cost when they just needed some information and encouragement to do things thoughtfully. As someone who has spent a lot of time around narcissists, I can tell you for certain that not everyone feels this way. There are plenty of people out there who would love to see someone suffer great personal cost for not knowing about how to keep leaves out of their gutter. It makes them feel good, superior, special. They want to see other people fail, because they want evidence to support the idea that they're better than other people.
You don't get even a little whiff of that kind of toxicity in Tim's PSA about gutter maintenance. It's a wholesome recognition that society is better off when each individual succeeds. There's no broken window fallacy present, no economic misunderstanding, no personal gratification or selfishness.
So yea, it's silly. But I can't see this kind of silly coming from the republicans right now, because this particular kind of silly still has a layer of character in it that differentiates the candidates.
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