Negativity Has To Stop

Liza Donnelly
3 min readOct 11, 2024

It’s not strong, its wrong

President Obama gave a great talk yesterday while campaigning for Harris, and in it, he talked about what real strength is. It’s not about putting people down. It’s not belittling others.

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He directed a lot of his comments to men, and in particuar Black men. Let’s hope he does more campaigning in the next three weeks.

The Atlantic Magazine endorsed Harris yesterday. They have not endorsed many candidates over the history of the publication. And, according to Heather Cox Richardson, the few endorsements have been more about Democracy and less (if at all) about policy.

“The Atlantic nodded to the free thought on which the magazine was founded in 1857 when it came out strongly for Harris today. It is endorsing Harris, it said, because she ‘respects the law and the Constitution. She believes in the freedom, equality, and dignity of all Americans. She’s untainted by corruption, let alone a felony record or a history of sexual assault. She doesn’t embarrass her compatriots with her language and behavior, or pit them against one another. She doesn’t curry favor with dictators. She won’t abuse the power of the highest office in order to keep it. She believes in democracy. These, and not any specific policy positions, are the

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