• queermunist she/her
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    2 months ago

    If you remember the lesson of that parable, no one believes the chicken when the sky falls and the chicken has no one to blame but himself. You can’t keep saying it’s the most important election of our lifetimes because we stop believing it.

    And maybe the sky falls this time, but it’s the chicken’s fault that we don’t believe it.

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        2 months ago

        That’s definitely not why people use Chicken Little as an Aesop. The lesson is that if you lie over and over, people won’t believe you when it matters.

        I certainly don’t.

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          2 months ago

          Then judge by actions, not words. Since you care so much about Palestinians, how about voting for a candidate that is part of an administration that allows them to seek asylum in the US like Harris. Meanwhile Trump’s whole thing is expelling immigrants and he initiated a Muslim ban the last time he was in office. Surely saving some Palestinians vs saving none is worth a vote?

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            2 months ago

            Would you vote for half your family to be killed so the other half could maybe be spared? How do you choose which family members get to live and die? How would you live with yourself.

            I plan to resist whoever is elected. Maybe you’ll join me, instead of just waiting another four years to vote again.

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              2 months ago

              In this scenario there is no third option where nobody dies. Either half your family dies or they all die. Sometimes all the power you have is saving who you can.

              By all means, resist whoever is elected. Harris would cause fewer problems to fight over. By letting Trump win, you’re just making it harder on everyone.

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                2 months ago

                What you can do is take your struggle outside the ballot box, because there’s no hope in electoralism. No matter who wins we can defeat them, and at least if Trump wins the liberals will join us instead of just sitting around at home to wait for the next election.

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                  2 months ago

                  There is hope for the Palestinians who would be given asylum under Harris, but apparently your ego is more important to you than they are.

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                    2 months ago

                    Oh so it’s okay to exterminate the population of Gaza as long as a few are able to escape to the US.

                    Also, have you noticed that Palestinians aren’t being given asylum right now?