• queermunist she/her
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    11 months ago

    Has he done that?

    No! He’s doing genocide!

    Relatively? No.

    Why not? You voted for those bombs. You payed for those bombs.

    This is our fundamental disconnect. You don’t seem to think you are responsible for your active support of genocide, yet somehow by not voting for genocide I am responsible. It’s pure ideology.

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      11 months ago

      Is every Gazan responsible for the actions of their leadership? Is every Israeli responsible for the actions of their leadership? You’re reducing an incredibly complicated issue to black and white.

      Don’t get me wrong I’d love for the U.S. to not be involved in the M.E. at all but that’s not the situation we’re working with. You accuse me of ideology while failing to grasp the realpolitik involved. You’re demanding a binary solution to a Base10 problem.

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        11 months ago

        The realpolitik is that the US needs Israel as an unsinkable aircraft carrier to control North Africa and the Middlr East and the Arab Peninsula. It is a critical piece of the empire. That’s why the US supports Israel. It’s all about trade routes and securing hegemony and shit like that.

        Now, if you aren’t going to take responsibility for voting for Biden, then I’m not going to take responsibility for refusing to vote for Biden. That seems fair.

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          11 months ago

          And when American Nazis are rounding up drag queens and sending trans people to re-education camps you can smugly sip your tea and know that you voted your principles.

          I don’t think you know what “literally” means.

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            11 months ago

            No, actually, I’ll be rounded up too. I’m trans, they’re going to fucking kill me if they can get away with it.

            But hey, if it’s not your fault Biden is supporting genocide even though you’re voting for it, the how the fuck is it my fault if Trump does genocide when I don’t vote for it?