Biden campaign speech on abortion rights disrupted 14 times by pro-Palestinian protesters
Biden campaign speech on abortion rights disrupted 14 times by protesters
When did lemmy become such a shithole? I know people here tend to be young, but I thought they were generally more intelligent than this shit. So much "genocide Joe" bullshit. People that will refuse to vote, and then completely absolve themselves when they hand it to Trump and the genocide escalates.
It's not about Palestinian lives, it's about making sure you don't feel guilty for personally voting for Joe Biden.
Grow the fuck up
It’s just idiots, can’t escape them. Not on Reddit, not on Lemmy, and not when it comes to deciding our shared fate via elections. And I assume some portion of the “genocide Joe” crowd are just plants.
You can demand better from your elected officials, while continuing to vote for them. Joe is a horrible democrat candidate, and I have zero qualms about making that known. But he’s also the only candidate the party has been willing to put forth, so it’s who I’ll end up voting for. That doesn’t mean I need to be happy or enthusiastic about voting for him.
Biden is actively giving money to a genocidal state, I'm still going to vote for him because the only other choice is a literal fascist who wants to start genocides here as well.
So much “genocide Joe” bullshit. People that will refuse to vote, and then completely absolve themselves when they hand it to Trump and the genocide escalates.
One can literally hate Joe Biden, and still continue to vote for Joe Biden. If I am in the position of voting for democratic candidates that aren't funded by AIPAC, and is willing to be critical against Israel, I'd vote for them unless forced to (the other candidate is a Republican.). I think the responsible thing to do is to continue criticizing the decision to support Israel, as well as their action, reject Hamas, vote for democratic candidates and try picking the ones that aren't paid for by the AIPAC.
I don't think it's that simple, especially for people of colour, and especially for those with Arab and especially Palestinian heritage.
America hasn't been great to us ever. Since 2001 it has gotten distinctly worse for us.
A lot of us have family who are being or have been bombed by the US indiscriminately. The US and Joe Biden is funding a genocide. That's not made up. That's not a joke. The US is more upset that the Houthis raised global shipping by a couple percent than they are that the ally that they give the most money to has killed north of 25000 defenseless people in three months.
I agree that voting for trump is going to make it worse for everyone, which is why I will still vote for Biden. But I voted begrudgingly for him last time, because I knew he was fake, and not really liberal. He hasn't stood by a single campaign promise he made. If a legitimate, liberal, left wing third party came up, I would vote for them immediately. Choosing between one racist piece of shit and a more racist, more orange piece of shit is not a great choice.
Again, I agree that trump would be a million times worse for brown and black people. But I get why a lot of Arab Americans and black Americans are fucking tired of it, and want to make a point to the DNC. That same party that is not a left wing party or a liberal party, that is completely bought out by corporations (ex. See how they fucked Bernie in 2016), and that will turn around and blame brown and black voters for not delivering them the white house when literally over half.of white women and white men want Donald Trump.
A lot of the people I've spoken to now are done. This was never really our country and politicians have made it even more obvious that it isn't. So the idea that a lot of people have now is "well fuck it, why should we vote to save this country when the people who run this country keep.fucking it up and especially fucking us over. It's time for whitey to do his/her part if they actually care, and if they don't fuck it, we will leave"
It's not about growing up, it's about being tired of being second or third class citizens. The only reason this is getting such a big shout-out now is because the policies are finally starting to affect white people, white women in particular. And yet somehow.still over half of them want trump in.
Lemmy is a younger user base, more technologically inclined and more prone to capture by social media propaganda.
This place is worse than Reddit in some respects. These people don't gaf about the lives of people at risk, they care about satisfying their white saviour guilt being prompted by the tragedy du jour. There's literally millions of Arabs in the immediate vicinity who are being killed by other Arabs and no one gives a flying fuck sadly.
Ok, protesting and poking Joe with a stick is not the same as refusing to vote for him in the general election.
They repeatedly stopped Biden, who appeared frustrated at times, with chants that included "Genocide Joe" and "How many kids will you kill?" in opposition to his support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.
Biden supporters drowned them out the protesters with chants of "four more years" and "let's go, Joe."
He struggled to finish his speech, telling the crowd at one point, "They feel deeply."
Same article?
Liberals will still blame his (and Hillary Clinton's) critics instead of the democrats' bad policies and hubris for electing Donald Trump even though those same liberals still talk, think and act like republicans and willing just as much to throw the handicapped, the queer, the women and the racial minorities under the bus all just for neo-liberal policies that are not too different from Trump's.
speaking of, much of what was done against abortion was not reversed and is destined to keep being dangled above those liberals' head, and then they'll say we shouldn't criticize the holy neo liberal savior so he could reverse Trump's clownery just for this to go all over again.
Free Women, Free Ukraine, Free Palestine (from Hamas AND Israel), Free America (from Trump)
It's true for all of us if we pay tax.
If Republicans can vote for a rapist who promises to do away with America democracy, democrats can vote for a genocide supporter. Complaining about you chosen candidates doesn't mean your aren't going to vote for him.
The next one will be the one where he changes course… /s
This fucker will deliver Trump via israel and genocide.
Because Trump will be so much better on Israel and genocide!!!
Don't you have a third choice?
Of course not. Democracy is not about choice!
Theoretically yes, but the first past the post system leads to really only having 2 choices.
Here's a video with a good explanation, I believe it's part of a short series if you like the first one.
I love how self-righteous the people calling him Genocide Joe are. It was about abortion rights. Did they bring up trans individuals or was that not cool enough to protest as well? I guess it's cooler to protest for Palestinians than the trans people dying in your own country. Gotta get that clout 😎
Edit: I view you the same way you view hypocritical pro-lifers
One can support trans-individuals rights, and Palestinians suffering from their own leadership as well as the Likud party within Israel. In addition, we can do that while voting for Joe Biden, and voting against AIPAC-endorsed candidates.
I'm waiting to see it happen because I'm aware people can support more than one thing at once but the situation for trans people has gotten infinitely worse and with reproductive rights being gutted that puts us more at risk. And yet I don't see anybody protesting for trans people dealing with these issues. It's just crickets and no support.
This protest just makes you look like a fucking limp-wristed idiot.
Genocidal Joe will not win another election. We need to be reacting properly to that simple fact. The Democrats will be directly responsible for both Trump presidencies.
As will you.
Mark my words:
Trump will win, and it will be largely because of people who refuse to support Biden due to Palestine.
I will be truly happy if time proves me wrong.
We should be criticizing our old, conservative president Biden. He needs to 180 his stance.
Also not voting for him in Nov is vapid and invalidates any defense of the Palestinian people you have.
It sucks, but it's reality.
Yep.
We legitimately have zero options besides voting for Biden.
And I sincerely hope enough voters realize that, because trump will be worse.
The only thing we can do till 2028 is make a lot of noise about how this shit is unacceptable and Dems need to do better
Unfortunately the DNC knows that while we say it's unacceptable, we still have to vote Biden or risk trump.
Which is why the DNC has spent 30 years drifting further and further right. They have captive voters and are willing to risk Republican rule so Dems can be as rightwing as possible.
Then you better start pushing your party to primary him or get someone else in there. His shitty numbers didnt start overnight, theyve seen the writing on the wall and refused to acknowledge it.
Biden's arrogance on this is incredible, though of course he's part of the party establishment so that's to be expected. "You aren't allowed to complain about anything and if we don't win this election it's all your fault" is not, it turns out, a winning campaign slogan.
Yep, I would place the blame on the pro-genocide politicians before the anti-genocide voters.
Eventhough Trump moved the embassy to Jerusalem and supports the complete destruction of gaza
They don't care.
The people pledging to vote against Biden over Israel are typically armchair politicians who get all their news from echo chambers. Facts and reality don't matter; they honestly believe they are "sending a message" and "making a stand". The reality is that they're the 2024 version of 2016's insufferable #voteswap techbros.
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Yes indeed, but the people pledging to vote against Biden because Israel don't care. Or don't believe. Or sincerely think Trump will be better.
Will one of the most beloved presidents be the one who rigs it too?
Yeah, I don't understand hating Biden for something that Netanyahu is doing. And there's only so much Biden could do other than try to play peacekeeper, which he's been doing. Pretty much any other actions require congressional support. Biden isn't a king, he can't unilaterally declare that we're ending all support for Israel.
And yet an insane number of people act like he's over there killing Palestinians with his bare hands.
I know this sounds crazy, but he could not sell them weapons. He is directly supporting what is happening there by doing so.
Call back carrier groups, stop selling weapons, and let them deal with their own fucking problems that they caused
I'll definitely vote for Biden, but I just can't donate for now until he stops fucking funding the conflict.
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Weird way to assign blame. It's not the Democratic party's fault for having bad policies, it's the public's fault for not supporting the Democrats regardless of their policies. If Biden loses it's because his party made bad decisions.
It's just how liberal centrists sheild themselves from self-reflection. They know there are people to their left, and engaging with their ideas might make them realize their policies and candidates cause harm, so they decide to dismiss them out of hand as aiding the right. This creates a safe narrative where they're always the good guy; people to their right are dangerous lunatics, people to their left are naive fools who are unintentionally helping the lunatics, and they're the only ones behaving responsibly. This allows them to condemn people calling for the end of a genocide without engaging with the fact that their candidate is enabling a genocide.
Even though that will be bad for my country, I would still laugh about it.
That's rich. The onus is not on the people to support the Party over policy, it's the responsibility of the Party to appeal to the people.
We shouldn't be blaming voters for the failings of the party and its politicians.
maybe the democrats should nut up and put a real non corpo candidate up to bat
also people like biden and trump took my vote away so do not get to participate in this "democracy"
Do they even have one?
I think taking the delegates from NH because moderates keep losing to progressives is a bigger deal that will effect turnout.
Biden's and the DNC's excuse that the state Dem party wasn't able to convince the Republicans running NH into changing the law that NH has to schedule primaries first is an incredibly flimsy excuse.
There was nothing the NH Dem party could do to comply with the DNC.
And of all people, Biden should have been understanding that Dems can't force Republicans to do something they don't want to do.
Just making the demand to begin with was incredibly fucked up.
It was an impossible demand, and they act like it was an easy thing that the state party could somehow do with a snap of their fingers.
The only way it could have happened, is if the Dem party broke state law.
And a national party demanding a state party break their own laws to give the favored candidate an advantage is something I honestly thought would just be a Republican thing at least for a couple more elections cycles.
Oh look a concern troll that's sooooooo concerned about NH and state party rules. This person 100% actually cares and isn't just trying to suppress the left vote.
You could also argue, if Biden loses it will be because of his uncritical support for Israeli war crimes.
Nobody is forcing Biden to alienate his base.
And, although I personally don't believe Joe is supporting genocide, it's not very realistic to expect people to vote for someone who (in their mind) is supporting genocide.
Has biden truly been uncritical? Don't get wrong, I don't think he's done enough but to say he's bene uncritical seems inaccurate.
Increasing funding to Israel, publicly say there is no red line Israel could cross where they wouldnt have US support, bypassing Congress 2 times to transfer weapons is unequivocally supporting genocide.
No, if Biden loses, it’s because of foolish Americans who either voted for Trump or threw away their votes. What comes next with Trump is on their heads. You can’t not vote for Biden, then say what happens with Trump isn’t your fault.
Biden's base is people who are almost as old as the Israel/Palestine conflict. They are not people who are young enough to care about this.
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Lmao nobody cares about Palestine
The article you're commenting under is about people who care about Palestine.
What a stupid, useless thing to say.