I'd like to think they're all just Russian trolls but increasingly, I think some people are just selfish or dumb.
I'd like to think they're all just Russian trolls but increasingly, I think some people are just selfish or dumb.
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Ongoing genocide is at the top of my "what I'm concerned about" list.
I'll ask again: Which one(s)?
The one my government is aiding and defending regularly
Still on the tax dollars thing then? As long as it's not coming out of your pocket, it's whatever. (Except China, of course.)
Again, how is that different from your position?
If it isn't different, then you're just as shit as you're accusing me of being.
I said
maybe you should reflect on that a little
Why are you escalating this to insults?
Because your self-righteous claim to have "ongoing genocide ... at the top of [your] 'what I'm concerned about' list" is hollow and smug. Your only concern seems to be turning people off of one very specific candidate, as though the other realistic alternative would be better for your stated anti-genocide cause. (Pro tip: It'll be worse.)
You are espousing fascism, wittingly or not.
I'd recommend taking a breath, maybe going for a walk, then maybe some reflection if you have time
I'll be over here being non-fascist.
The classic non-fascist position of telling people to stop being so concerned about genocide
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/15/biden-israel-weapons-policy-00158210
Legally, the U.S. can’t cut Israel off completely. Since 2008, the U.S. has had to weigh all arms sales to Israel and other countries in the region against the requirement that Israel maintains a “qualitative military edge” against all enemies, both state and non-state actors.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4669080-house-passes-bill-undo-bidens-weapons-freeze-to-israel/
Ah, House Republicans passed a bill to "undo Biden's weapons freeze to Israel," but I don't think it did anything in the Senate.
... as though the other realistic alternative would be better for your stated anti-genocide cause. (Pro tip: It'll be worse.)
I've said elsewhere, we have FPTP and the electoral college. This makes for a two party system, with the scales tipped in favor of the right.
This is a binary choice. Either Harris will win, or Trump will win. Failing to vote for the one you hate least is essentially the same as putting the one you hate most into office.
This isn't fair, it's fact. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. If you want it to be different, then we need ranked choice voting, and a few more states need to get on the NPVIC. If you want it to be different, which administration do you think will allow you to campaign for those changes? If you want to end genocide, which administration do you have any chance of doing that with?
You may not remember, but politics in the US hasn't been this weird in my lifetime, and I'm old. But you know what? You're in California, Louisiana, Illinois, Utah? -- you vote however you want. Ain't gonna make a difference; those states and plenty of others are on lock. PA, MI, WI, NC, GA, AZ, NV: voters in those states are going to make the difference this time.
Oh yeah, did you also know that the arms deals from the US to Israel are an ongoing thing, for a long, long time, passed by Congress? And that the president has limited ability to do anything about them? And that Biden wanted to pause at least one of those shipments? And that House Republicans didn't let him? (I'll find a source on this in a bit.)
That whole thing isn't something that a president can just wave a magic wand and change on a whim, I mean, unless the president is a fascist, but that's a hell of a dice roll.