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[–] pineapplepizza@lemm.ee 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

AOC is literally an acronym. That is not her name.

[–] knexcar@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Why isn’t she called by her name then like every other candidate (and most other people)?

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 1 points 48 minutes ago

Because she's cool. People shorten to initials for particularly noteworthy/successful people that they talk about a lot. I imagine it's a positive indicator for a politician, but interested to hear counter examples.