• JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    127
    arrow-down
    8
    ·
    5 months ago

    At the risk of sounding repetitive:

    This is the guy that a group of people here want you to NOT vote against. Don’t listen to them and as many others have said already…. Vote like lives depend on it.

    • ZeroCool@vger.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      65
      arrow-down
      7
      ·
      5 months ago

      The “I’d rather live under a fascist dictatorship than vote for Biden” crowd are little better than the red-hatted morons cheering for that same fascist dictatorship.

      • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        24
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        5 months ago

        …. Barely. At least the red-hatted morons can claim stupidity if they ever snap out of it.

        • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          32
          arrow-down
          5
          ·
          5 months ago

          Non-voting “leftists” will just find a way to moralize their shitty choice, just like they virtue signal about genocide and immediately promote tactics that are going to increase it.

          • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            13
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            5 months ago

            Bingo. I’m not saying there aren’t some legitimate leftists, but considering that they’re not doing shit about those posing as them to spread propaganda- really doesn’t help their agenda at all.

            • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              5 months ago

              Many of them go to the streets, protest on their campuses or in their workplaces. Many of them got physically attacked by police or police endorsed fascist groups on campuses.

              What did you do in the past 9 months? How many protests were you part of?

              • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                4
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                5 months ago

                The fuck has this to do with anything? Do you approach everyone that says things you disagree with using this bullshit?

                This has nothing to do with protests. What I’m taking about are the leftists that do nothing about “the leftists” that pose as them to bandwagon the agenda for the purpose to get people to not vote against Trump.

                And trust me- I do PLENTY during the years between elections. And what I do is far more effecting than protesting every four years over FOTW manufactured outrage.

                • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  2
                  arrow-down
                  6
                  ·
                  5 months ago

                  So what do you do? Because you claim that everyone who will not vote for Biden and is announcing that would be doing nothing. Which is not only a very crass assumption to make, also with how you relate it to Palestine and claiming people would be part of a manufactured outrage you are either showing that genocide is not an important issue to you or even worse you deny others people outrage over genocide to be sincere. Especially with how understandably people most outraged and worried are of racialized communities this adds racists overtones to your statement. Now maybe that was not your intention in which case it is a good chance for you to reflect on it.

                  So what are you specifically doing aside from voting and insulting people on the internet?

                  • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    5
                    arrow-down
                    2
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    5 months ago

                    ROFL! Dude. What I do and how much of it for how long- isn’t what this is about. And I’m fully aware of this tactic you’re using to turn the discussion around to put me on the defensive.

                    I’m not new to this.

                    News flash:

                    Not voting doesn’t cancel an election. Someone is still getting elected. And suggesting people not vote against Trump, is support for Trump. This is not up for debate. This is reality. With us or against us is a very real thing.

                    And the fact that most of the clowns that are not voting know damn well that things will be as bad is not FAR worse for Palestine if Trump is elected- and don’t care…. Says EVERYTHING we need to know about your agenda.

                    It’s been argued time-and-again how you people can’t offer a better candidate to win in November- but still fold your arms know how badly we will ALL be fucked if Trump gets the White House.

                    Even people for other countries have been pleading with you to do the right thing.

                    How fucking stupid can things get?

            • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              8
              arrow-down
              3
              ·
              edit-2
              5 months ago

              Are you planning on voting for the candidate who is going to be the lesser evil and minimize the harm, or are you going throw it away on a protest vote/not vote at all?

              Because if you’re doing the latter, you’re not opposing genocide, you’re abdicating your opposition by not opposing the person who wants to finish the job. Not voting against trump on the general election while professing* to oppose genocide is virtue signalling because you’re explicitly and intentionally not doing the one thing that will have the most effect on the genocide.

              • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                4
                arrow-down
                3
                ·
                5 months ago

                I’m voting for Biden, but I’m not gonna justify a genocide to shame others to do the same. There are many reasons to give to vote for Biden, (rejoining the climate agreement, abortion rights), but apologizing for a genocide isn’t one of them.

                • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  4
                  arrow-down
                  3
                  ·
                  5 months ago

                  And asking people to vote for Biden when they profess to care about genocide is not justifying genocide. Especially when they say they won’t vote or are voting 3rd party as a protest vote or something to teach them a lesson.

                  I’m sorry you’re upset about me labelling that behavior as virtue signalling, but that’s what it is. You may not want to shame others for behaviors that harm the goal, but I absolutely will.

                  • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    4
                    arrow-down
                    3
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    5 months ago

                    The “vote blue no matter who” crowd is actually hurting Biden, not helping. By dismissing the complaints of constituents, it places their interests in the background. It can be argued, that with the genocide occurring, it actually pushes people to not vote, or vote third party.

                    A campaign run on holding voters hostage doesn’t work, because it isn’t really a campaign at all; it is a campaign against your opponent rather than for your candidate.

                    The Democratic Party turning their backs on a huge portion of their voting populace isn’t some sort of sacrifice necessary to win the election, it is the shovel the Democratic Party is using to dig its own grave — if not this year, then in the years to come. Ignoring and stifling the voices of the people you’ve hurt, plugging your ears when they ask for accountability and telling them to take what they are given is a surefire way to cement their contempt for you, not to get them to vote for you. Strong-arming them into voting for you doesn’t work because minorities have already lost the election, and they know it. They lost the moment an establishment Democrat took the primaries again. They lose no matter what color the White House turns in January. source

          • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            10
            ·
            5 months ago

            virtue signal about genocide

            “Virtue signaling” is what rightwingers say about those to their left. I see it’s been adopted by liberals to say about the anti-genocide left.

            • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              8
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              5 months ago

              virtue-signalling. : the act or practice of conspicuously displaying one’s awareness of and attentiveness to political issues, matters of social and racial justice, etc., especially instead of taking effective action.

              If you’re going to complain about genocide then do something that will objectively make the one thing you’re complaining about much worse, you’re only signalling the virtues you profess to care about and not doing anything to stop it.

              If you’re so upset about being called a virtue signaler, maybe don’t virtue signal about your vote when your vote isn’t any kind of harm reduction and would actively make the problem worse?

              But hey, what do I know, I just actually want to minimize genocide instead of taking my ball and going home to let a monster into the white house and make it worse. But please, keep telling me how much your type is “anti-genocide” when you’re asking people to do the same thing trump and his ilk want. Kindly fuck off with that bullshit friend.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                5
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                5 months ago

                But hey, what do I know

                Only what you assume. I’m voting for Biden.

                But please, keep telling me how much your type is “anti-genocide” when you’re asking people to do the same thing trump and his ilk want.

                I’m not asking anyone to vote for Trump, to not vote, or to vote third party. In this very thread I’ve said to vote for Biden. Not that you care.

                • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  3
                  arrow-down
                  3
                  ·
                  edit-2
                  5 months ago

                  Only what you assume. I’m voting for Biden.

                  I’m glad to hear that. I apologize for lumping you in with those pushing the ‘dont vote blue’ bullshit while professing* their opposition to genocide. As I said above, that’s the virtue signalling I’m talking about, and that’s exactly what that behavior is.

                  I’m not asking anyone to vote for Trump, to not vote, or to vote third party. In this very thread I’ve said to vote for Biden. Not that you care.

                  I’m not going to spend 30 minutes to an hour on every person replies to me with what appears to be virtue signaling to not vote left to see if they’re actually voting Biden. Again, I apologize for lumping you in with the rest of those. But given the quantity of that behavior it is not out of line to assume.

                  The only reason I ask people to vote for Biden is because I care about genocide. I want to stop the genocide as much as I can, and prevent a genocide from coming here to our shores. I have family and friends who are LGBT+, and I am afraid for their safety and lives if Trump were to be elected.

                  And for anybody who pretends that they care about that, while pushing behaviors that actively sabotage their stated goals, I am absolutely going to call out as virtue signalling because that’s what it is. I want to see people actually take actions that align with what they say they believe, not just talk about it while sabotaging their goals through messaging pushed by their opposition as well.

              • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                3
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                5 months ago

                You know what would minimize genocide? If US politicians would have to face repercussions for helping in it. You do the opposite you grant the blanket check to the Biden administration and ensure them that no matter how much they support genocide, you will vote for them.

                You are enabling it and you probably know it subconsciously, which is why you try to spin it the other way around because you don’t want to face the reality of your actions.

                The only thing the Dems care about is power, just like the Reps. If you would threaten them to loose their power, they would be forced to act on this matter. Instead you reassure them that they have nothing to fear from you. And the most absurd thing is, this will not only fuck the people in Palestine more, it will also fuck you, as nothing you want politically will matter. You are telling the Dems that they dont need to fight for your vote. You are telling them to ignore your needs, your positions, your values.

          • Crikeste@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            6
            arrow-down
            11
            ·
            5 months ago

            No matter who is elected, the genocide of Palestinians will continue. And since that’s the case, why doesn’t America deserve to suffer?

            • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              8
              ·
              5 months ago

              why doesn’t America deserve to suffer?

              Voting as Fire Extinguisher

              by Kyle Tran Myhre

              When the haunted house catches fire: a moment of indecision.

              The house was, after all, built on bones, and blood, and bad intentions.

              Everyone who enters the house feels that overwhelming dread, the evil that perhaps only fire can purge.

              It’s tempting to just let it burn.

              And then I remember: there are children inside.

            • btaf45@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              7
              arrow-down
              3
              ·
              5 months ago

              The nearby countries of Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon etc could all do way more than Biden. They don’t accept refugees. They don’t send food. They don’t offer peacekeepers etc. But instead of blaming the countries in the area you’re blaming a country on the other side of the world. We aren’t responsible for everything that happens everywhere in the world.

              And since that’s the case, why doesn’t America deserve to suffer?

              Do you not get how much worse a right wing government in America would be for Palestine? The previous terrible choice of Sex Offender Trump voters, George Bush is responsible for Hamas taking over Gaza.

              The responsibility for Gaza is as follows.

              1. Hamas

              2. Israel’s terrible prime minister

              3. Egypt doing nothing

              4. Turkey doing nothing

              5. Lebanon, Jordan, and all the other nearby countries doing nothing.

              6. George W Bush ® letting Hamas take over Gaza

              7. Gazans over 30 for voting for Hamas

              8. Britain and France for their colonialist setup of the region.

              • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                5
                arrow-down
                2
                ·
                5 months ago

                They dont send food because Israel blocks it. In fact the aid to Gaza on land is mainly coming through Jordan and then gets pillaged by Isareli terrorists supported by the government. When Egypt wanted to send humanitarian aid in November through Rafah crossing, Israel bombed it repeatedly.

                Meanwhile the US is literally supplying the very weapons that are murdering the people in Gaza. And even when the US claims to provide humanitarian aid, like with that Pier they built it ends up in reality being used to facilitate massacres like in Nusereit, using aid trucks as disguise for Israeli genocide forces.

                I don’t know what you are smoking, but it most be strong if you believe Israel could act without the massive support and endorsement by the US government. Israel is primarily to blame as they are directly committing the genocide and then comes the US as the are delivering the weapons and providing diplomatic cover, even threatening international courts that want Israeli war criminals to face justice.

                • btaf45@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  arrow-down
                  1
                  ·
                  5 months ago

                  They dont send food because Israel blocks it.

                  Egypt had their own gate into Gaza until very recently. And Gaza has a giant coastline. That’s why Biden built a port in Gaza. So he could send in food aid.

                  Israel bombed it repeatedly.

                  Nope. Israel cannot bomb Egypt without starting a major war.

                  like with that Pier

                  Biden’s humanitarian aid pier can be used by any country. How come Turkey isn’t using it to send aid? Lebanon? Anybody in Arab land?

                  using aid trucks as disguise for Israeli genocide forces.

                  So you want all food aid to Gaza stopped, because of Hamas Crime Syndicate propaganda? Sounds like you yourself are supporting genocide whether you know it or not.

                  Israel could act without the massive support and endorsement by the US government

                  Dude Israel literally defied a UN Security Council resolution from Biden to stop the war. What the heck are you smoking?

                  • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    2
                    ·
                    5 months ago

                    Nope. Israel cannot bomb Egypt without starting a major war.

                    Israel bombed the Gazan side of the crossing, destroying the roads and making it unpassable for trucks. Also Israel killed two Egyptian soldiers when taking over the crossing.

                    Dude Israel literally defied a UN Security Council resolution from Biden to stop the war. What the heck are you smoking?

                    As the US continued to send billions in bombs to Israel and will soon host Netanyahu despite the ICC seeking him as war criminal. You know that the UN resolutions only work if the powerful countries enforce them? Guess who would have to enforce it by just not sending weapons. But he still does. Judge actions, not words.

            • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              edit-2
              5 months ago

              Because we should be working to minimize suffering wherever we can. No one deserves to suffer these fates, and I don’t want them to expand. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of something better.

              Why shouldn’t we fight genocide however we can to prevent more suffering? Giving up and letting them genocide even more just tells me that genocide isn’t an important topic in one’s mind, no matter what their words say.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      arrow-down
      9
      ·
      5 months ago

      Everyone should vote for Biden.

      You pretend everyone to your left is all the way to your right because and only because you never want to move to the left.

      • El Barto@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        5 months ago

        To be honest, I think everyone should vote for a more fitting candidate. Unfortunately, all we have is Biden, so that will have to do for now.

        Vote Biden or see more crazy bullshit under Trump, people!

      • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        15
        arrow-down
        7
        ·
        edit-2
        5 months ago

        DudI, you are as predictable as they come. I could fish for Crab just by posting ANYTHING critical of the “far left” propagandists.

        And- I don’t pretend, kiddo…

        They are here in DROVES telling people not to vote. And you know this. You’ve been involved in some of the discussions where these people post their shit-take comments. So what’s your angle here?

        You say you’re voting for Biden, yet protect the propagandists that are seemingly trying to get Trump elected?

        Citation needed

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          11
          ·
          edit-2
          5 months ago

          DudI, you are as predictable as they come. I could fish for Crab just by posting ANYTHING critical of the “far left” propagandists.

          You’re admitting to trolling here. The scare quotes around far left are another attempt to tie anyone to your left to the worst of the right, with no evidence at all.

          And- I don’t pretend, kiddo…

          Ok. If you prefer I say that you’re lying about everyone to your left in your constant attempts to silence criticism, I can do that. Demeaning pet name noted.

          They are here in DROVES telling people not to vote.

          Not just droves, all-caps DROVES, even. Like Republicans call the brown people they hate on the spurious grounds that they’re here to steal their jobs. What do you suppose these all-caps DROVES are here to steal? Oh, maybe since they all became Russians the instant they disagreed with you about anything at all, they’re here to steal your precious bodily fluids.

          So what’s your angle here?

          I criticize people to my right. You should try it.

          You say you’re voting for Biden

          Yes, I am.

          yet protect the propagandists that are seemingly trying to get Trump elected?

          I cannot protect the people you call propagandists from anything. And if they’re trying to get Trump elected, they’re going about it pretty badly. This is a small fledgling platform, full of centrists who are so firmly entrenched in their positions that they imagine that anyone to their left is a scary foreigner, or feign such paranoia in an attempt to silence criticism of their wing of the party, and to a lesser extent Biden and Netanyahu. Propaganda would see a piss-poor return on investment here.

          • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            8
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            edit-2
            5 months ago

            I’m not admitting to anything. I’m simply stating that you predictably show up any time someone is critical of your bullshit.

            And when have I tried to silence criticism by suggesting people vote? Let’s see some evidence of your accusation for once.

            Dude… you’re a well know misinformation troll here. The modlogs prove it and all you do is derail the topic into bullshit rhetoric.

            I’m done discussing your bad faith bullshit.

            • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              4
              arrow-down
              9
              ·
              5 months ago

              I’m not admitting to anything.

              Already did. It was certainly more overt than what others have been banned for.

              I’m simply stating that you predictably show up any time someone is critical of your bullshit.

              When you call any and all criticism of Democrats from the left (and only ever the left) bullshit, you get pushback from people who criticize Democrats from the left. Imagine that.

              And when have I tried to silence criticism by suggesting people vote?

              You don’t. You try to silence criticism by falsely claiming that those to your left are propagandists trying to get Trump to win, with no evidence whatsoever. Any other claims I didn’t make that you want to demand proof of?

              Dude… you’re a well know misinformation troll here. The modlogs prove it and all you do is derail the topic into bullshit rhetoric.

              I stand by the only statement I’ve made that has ever been removed as misinformation. I can defend it no further here without going against the moderation team, and you’re taking advantage of that. I invite anyone to read the modlog and see what was removed and judge for themselves if it rose to the level of misinformation. Anyone with questions about it can message me, but I will not discuss it further in this community in accordance with the mods’ decision.

              I’m done discussing your bad faith bullshit.

              You’ll never be done calling anything to your left and only your left bad faith. Remember to vote for Biden.

              • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                8
                arrow-down
                4
                ·
                edit-2
                5 months ago

                Didn’t read any of that, but you go ahead and continue having this discussion all on your own.

                I’m not going to block you, but I am going to ignore you. It’s not worth it.

      • Fugtig Fisk@feddit.dk
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        19
        arrow-down
        5
        ·
        5 months ago

        Palestinians-Americans know what will happen to them if Trump wins. Their life does depend on him not wining

          • Land_Strider@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            5 months ago

            In practicality, and this life-and-death is a matter of practicality rather than preference, betrayal beats zealous genocide support.

            Even as someone from outside, I can say the U.S.’ best bet is Biden again. His international politics are no different than most U.S. presidents that came to office in the last century, but at least U.S. citizens are getting a nice end of the mostly shit-ended sticks for a change. And that goes for all the current immigrant peoples in the U.S., too, although for many the reason for leaving their homes can be traced back to deep-rooted U.S. foreign policy.

            What do they have with Trump? Persecution during immigration while their home countries will be kept bombed to hell or stripped and exploited by the ongoing U.S. policy.

            • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              6
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              edit-2
              5 months ago

              You’re talking to a propagandist by all appearances. They seem to know exactly what’s going on, so in order to get Trump elected, this is what they seem to think they need to do. Or maybe they’ve been told to do….

              I’m not sure how it works.

            • Tryptaminev@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              4
              ·
              5 months ago

              Trump pulled more troops out of the Middle East than Biden and Obama. Clinton ran in 2016 on a platform of going to war with Iran.

              Also the goal is not to reward Trump. The goal is to punish the support for genocide so American politics stop supporting genocide. The fact that two geriatric genocide supporters are your choices for the presidential election should bring everyone sane to the streets and push for the long overdue change of the political system. By keep voting Democrats purely based on “well they are not Trump” you get exactly what you got the last 30 years. Getting fucked by both parties, the Dems moving further and further to the right and the Reps enjoying many of their policies enacted by the Dems themselves. Look at Trumps border wall. Look at mass deportations. Look at the internment camps were children are separated from their families. All continued and expanded on by the current Dem administration.

          • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            6
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            edit-2
            5 months ago

            You’re not going to vote for him either way. And everyone knows this. So no. You’re not getting your as kissed like you are expecting.

            That isn’t how it works. You get called out for what you’re doing and that’s that. Want people to be nice to you for allowing a rapist who will do much worse to Palestine to get elected?

            Not happening.

            Especially when this pretty much pokes a hole in your entire fake ideology.

            • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              4
              arrow-down
              5
              ·
              5 months ago

              Vitriol and negativity doesn’t win over voters. I’m starting to think a lot of the more ardent “Biden or Else” supporters actually want Trump to win. Stoking division among potential voters is a sure fire way to do that.

                • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  4
                  arrow-down
                  7
                  ·
                  5 months ago

                  Then why do you care. Wait, you actually think you’re changing Trump supporters minds? GMAFB

                  • JimSamtanko@lemm.ee
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    5
                    arrow-down
                    2
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    5 months ago

                    Nope. I’m trying to ensure that the work propagandists do is undermined. Nothing more.

                    Calling you out seems to work just fine to that effect.

                    And thanks for pretty much admitting that you and non voters like you- are irrelevant to the upcoming election. That’s all I really needed you to say.

            • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              arrow-down
              2
              ·
              edit-2
              5 months ago

              They are just angry that this is the choice: Biden, or Trump. I get it, I’ve been there. But, directing that frustration at others who have the same problems only serves those that seek to sow discord. A lot of people come here to vent. And if they want to direct their anger at me, I can take it. I just don’t want their venting to disenfranchise others that would vote for Biden.