• OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Vote Biden, obviously. His Gaza policy is still absolute dog shit. It is not complicated and pretending that anyone criticising him for it is voting for trump is dumb as fuck

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      Me:

      Meanwhile leftists: “Make sure you don’t vote in a way that might keep actual fascists from power. Better the fascists win than people who will make things only mildly better

      You: Reasons to not vote for the candidate opposing the fascists. Arguing with anyone suggesting voting against the fascists. Swerve completely the point about how much WORSE for Gaza and the rest of the Palestinians Trump would be.

      Me: Thanks leftists. /s

      You claim to want to make things better for Gaza, but not if it involves putting a mark in a box, because in your view that would be going TOO FAR and going against EVERY principle you ever held dear.

      You talk such a big game about Gaza and fascism, but you wouldn’t stoop so low as to actually fucking vote on this issue. No, it’s much more important to take up the crusade against the centrists. Thanks leftists. Great help you were in preventing the fascists from taking over the most powerful country in the world.

      Grow up and live in the real world. It sucks. Please try much harder to not make it worse.

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          Sorry, yes, but it winds me up when people who claim to care about Gaza only criticise Biden and ignore Trump’s vocal support for Israel’s actions.

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            Biden is literally sending bombs to Israel and is the current president, leader of the free world, yada yada. Trump’s support right now is just that, vocal. Although of course he was shitty when he was president. But that is why for me personally Biden is the one to criticise right now.

            I understand why it’s annoying though if it seems very one sided. But “claim to care” - I think with an ongoing genocide it’s a very easy thing to care about. Why would you doubt that they care?

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              1. There’s a law that says he has to. 2. He’s at least trying to convince Israel to agree to a ceasefire and peace deal. 3. Trump is going to be much worse. 4. Republicans openly advocate for total genocide for example Nikki Hayley writing “finish them” on a bomb. 5. Trump is going to be much worse. 6. I don’t see any moral equivalence AT ALL between trying to convince Israel to stop and supporting the total obliteration of the Palestinian people. 7. I doubt that they care because they advocate letting the actual dictator win. Yeah, they talk a big game about Gaza, and their support is really strong, except they wouldn’t be prepared to even put a mark in a box? Forgive me for my scepticism.
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                1. But there’s the Leahy law, which is basically never applied to Israel but clearly makes it illegal to do so. Why does he ignore that?

                2. Great! But firstly, it isn’t working and clearly he isn’t using all available leverage (e.g. Leahy). And how is veto-ing UNSC resolutions for a cease fire (and Palestinian statehood, lol) helping this, exactly? Seems like the opposite.

                3 to 6 is whataboutism. It’s not relevant

                7 - The issue here is that you’re again assuming they won’t vote for Biden when actually many of us will. If such a person will vote Biden, do you believe that they care?

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                  You’re pretending to care about genocide but you dismissed everything about it that would be worse if Trump is allowed to win as irrelevant?!! You don’t care at all. Liar.

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                    I care about the genocide which is actually happening right now and Biden is aiding and supporting. That’s why I’m talking about that while you chose to pivot to talking about the election. Trump being worse does not excuse Biden. Or protect him from criticism. The fact that you didn’t respond on any specifics and just doubled down on this “but Trump!” whataboutism is just sad.

                    I didn’t dismiss those points, they are just not relevant to the discussion about Biden and Gaza.

                    When we’re taking about the election It seems like I will totally agree with you.

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        You talk such a big game about Gaza and fascism, but you wouldn’t stoop so low as to actually fucking vote on this issue.

        Cool, so you’ll vote for Claudia De La Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation? She’s antifascist and anti-genocide, unlike Biden and Trump.

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          No because then I would have helped trump lead america in to fascism. If you don’t think through the consequences of your actions, you get bad outcomes. Not voting for the person opposing trump leads to the worst possible outcome. It’s not rocket science.

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              No, you’re voting for the one literally trying to stop the war against Gaza and voting against fascism. What did you think the republicans mean when they write “finish them” on a bomb in front of the Israelis?

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                Biden is committing and supplying genocide, and is fascism is already taking hold under Biden. Do you genuinely think voting for a genocidal right-winger will stop fascism? Why do you think fascism appears in the first place?

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                  Fascism appears when people are poor and are persuaded that their problems are because of some minority group like immigrants or trans folk.

                  I think that Trump is being honest when he says he’ll be dictator on day one, and I think Nikki Hayley is very sincerely calling for the eradication of the Palestinian people when she writes “finish them” on a bomb. I genuinely think that the fascists strongly want people who care to not vote, and you’re joining them in their fight to take power by arguing against voting for the only non fascist that could win the election.

                  Every day you pretend that voting Biden makes things worse for Gazans than not voting for Biden is a day you spent working to bring about fascism in America and the deaths of even more Palestinians. Stop it. It matters.

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                    Fascism appears when people are poor and are persuaded that their problems are because of some minority group like immigrants or trans folk.

                    bzzzt not quite. You’re thinking of the immediate background, not the underlying causes. Capitalist decay results in the Bourgeoisie appealing to the Petite Bourgeoisie as a form of collaboration against the lower classes. Capitalist Decay is the key here, it’s a desparate attempt to turn the clock back. Capitalism will continue to decay under Biden, ergo fascism will get stronger, which is why Leftism is the only path against fascism, or force.

                    I think that Trump is being honest when he says he’ll be dictator on day one, and I think Nikki Hayley is very sincerely calling for the eradication of the Palestinian people when she writes “finish them” on a bomb.

                    I agree, these are horrible people, and I want liberals to side with Leftists against them.

                    I genuinely think that the fascists strongly want people who care to not vote, and you’re joining them in their fight to take power by arguing against voting for the only non fascist that could win the election.

                    See, this is silly. Biden can’t win the election, and he’s also supporting the rise of fascism, standing idly by while conditions worsen and fascism grows. Far-right violence increased under Biden. This trend carried over from an increase under Trump, Biden did not reverse the trend because he did nothing to address the root cause.

                    Every day you pretend that voting Biden makes things worse for Gazans than not voting for Biden is a day you spent working to bring about fascism in America and the deaths of even more Palestinians. Stop it. It matters.

                    I really wish you could see a mirror. Biden has helped obliterate 180,000 Palestinian men, women, and children. This is not stopping under Biden, you’re just telling the victims to bear with it because that’s acceptable to you. Organize on the ground, quit supporting fascism and the Biden Regime.