Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley did not cite slavery as a cause of the American Civil War when asked at a campaign event on Wednesday night.

She responded it was about “basically how the government was going to run."

  • GrapesOfAss@lemmy.world
    102·
    11 months ago

    It’s not a criticism, it’s denoting hypocrisy and we should be highlighting it as much as possible

    • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
      33·
      10 months ago

      How are nicknames hypocrisy?

      You know Biden’s first name isn’t really Joe, right? And Clinton’s first name was William. And Dwight Eisenhower went by “Ike.” And Bernie’s name is Bernard. And a dude named Edwin walked on the moon while going by “Buzz.”

      It’s fine to have a nickname.

      • morphballganon@lemmy.world
        51·
        10 months ago

        It’s not having a nickname that is the problem. The problem is using a nickname to sidestep racism that she is perpetuating by affiliating with a racist group.