Yeah, both sides amiright?

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    I know this is a disgusting thought but, assuming there are ever free elections in the United States again, Gaza won’t be an issue in 2028. Palestine will just be a memory.

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    Can we not use Fox News, please? They legally argued in court they are strictly entertainment and no reasonable person would believe them. In other words, they are literal propaganda.

    But yeah, I hope the smug voters that sat this election out are happy…

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      That’s a misrepresentation of what they said. I hate Fox News too, but they argued them being called Fox News doesn’t make them exclusively a news company. Most of what they provide on their TV network is entertainment. Written Fox News is actually not the worst thing ever, though still conservative and far from my preference. I also think they still have an hour dedicated to news on the TV network, which is probably worse than having none because it gives cover for the rest of the garbage.

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      So, do you think that, in this case, the reporting is inaccurate? Or do you just wish they linked a non-Fox version of the same story?

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        You should default to assuming anything Fox says is untrue without a second source to verify. Because legally they can just say whatever they want and aren’t beholden to any type of journalistic standards because they aren’t news.

        They have no more credibility than a random social media user.

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      I’m right here. Democrats are still evil for supporting a genocide, and your “lesser of two evils” logic continues to make us more evil.

      What do you think of the 30 days the Democrats gave Israel to improve the humanitarian situation by measurable metrics? Israel failed every metric, but the Democratic administration ignores the results and continues to ship weapons to the genocidal regime.

      What do you think of the dozens of international doctors who have been to Gaza saying they saw children with single gunshot wounds to the head almost everyday? Reports are widespread that israeli snipers are intentionally killing 100s of children each month.

      What do think of Israels recent use of small arms drones? After an American/Israeli bomb destroys a civilian building, a dozen small drones swarm the area. These drones fire small cube-shaped projectiles with the force to pierce skin and break bones, using AI to target any human in the designated area. They are deadly accurate and fast, firing 3 at the head, 3 at the chest, and 3 at the groin. Doctors say these projectiles are especially hard to fish out of the bodies of the child victims as they rarely exit the body, instead they bounce around causing more internal damage.

      Suggesting that the people upset about an ongoing genocide are just going to forget about it due to electoral politics is disgusting, and you should feel ashamed.

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        Hear hear.

        People ignore that Biden’s policy was simply indefensible. He fought his own party, he fought his advisors and the media and he STILL lost the election. There’s no longer a need to carry water for him.

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      Right here. Republicans being worse doesn’t excuse selling weapons for an ongoing genocide. Democrats never should have done that. And it got you nothing. You supported genocide for nothing.

      I think a lot of the hostility here is because centrists are mad that trump is going to be able to take credit for the complete implementation of their only policy.

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        I wonder if any of you are ever going to realize you’re just doing reskinned Protocols of the Elders of Zion antisemitism with this

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          The Elders Of Zion is a bullshit made up hoax book for propaganda purposes. Unless you’re referencing it as such, it is not a work to be cited in any serious context.

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            Unless you’re referencing it as such

            They very obviously are. How could you possibly read their comment otherwise?

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      It still applies? Just because the Republicans are exponentially worse doesn’t mean the democrats weren’t supporting genocide too.

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        No, it doesn’t apply at all.

        The point of the anti-Dem posts was to get people to not vote Dem when objectively allowing a trump win was worse.

        You’re suggesting actively supporting worse is better.

        That’s fucked up.

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          Nope. The point was to pressure Biden to listen to his advisors and do the moral and correct and even politically popular thing and he refused.

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          I’m not at all suggesting supporting worse is better and I have no clue how you came to that conclusion. Allowing a Trump win was absolutely worse and I agree it would have been better for everyone to suck it up and vote blue.

          That being said its incredibly fucked up to pretend the democrats are completely innocent which is just blatantly not true. They are better by comparison, but definitely not innocent and still supportive of genocide.

          I’m not talking about the posts, I’m talking about you guys trying to sweep shit under the rug. It doesn’t work like that.

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    Why are americans so fuckin dumb? Instead of pointing their fingers at millions of trump voters, they are pointing it at people with empathy for having anti-genocider stance.

    It feels like they are just interested in finding a scapegoat to blame rather than asking the real questions, why did so many people voted for trump? Did kamala, despite having more funding, failed to convey her plan? What happened and why it happened and how can it be avoided?

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      Why are americans so fuckin dumb? Instead of pointing their fingers at millions of trump voters, they are pointing it at people with empathy for having anti-genocider stance.

      It’s because of do-gooder derogotation, and generally not caring about winning or learning from mistakes so long as they can save face and protect their egos.

      Do-gooder derogation is a phenomenon where a person’s morally motivated behavior leads to them being perceived negatively by others.

      One possible reason for do-gooder derogation is ‘anticipated moral reproach’. This describes a threat to one’s moral standing and to their sense of self-worth.

      Research suggests that since people are highly sensitive to any criticism or challenge to their morals, they are more likely to put down the source of this ‘threat’.

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      They’re angry and looking for an easy scapegoat. Even though it’s obviously the wrong one. We all knew Trump was worse, which is why Mehdi Hasan and many others were pleading with Biden to please change course because he was destroying his re-election by his own hand. Biden overruled his advisors and the state department and pressed forward on an unpopular policy in hopes he could get republicans to vote for him and it failed. He undermined his own foreign policy and ruined his own career.

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      Instead of pointing their fingers at millions of trump voters, they are pointing it at people with empathy for having anti-genocider stance.

      Trump voters are lost. We (incorrectly) expected those that aren’t dumb enough to directly vote for Trump to be smart enough to understand FPTP voting and act appropriately to avoid the worse outcome.

      We were wrong.

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      What funny is, i never heard in news about democrats impose any restriction on israel weapon donation.

      You see it is like the media reporting “hamas want a deal” even when hamas october 7 plan was aim at getting a deal to swap prisoner, agreed to Biden deal in July but then the US backtracked their statement.

      i went to hamas website and the statement was “Trump should listen to what the American people want”

      I believe all these post are by Zionist to create a division in supporting ending the massacres.

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      Most likely what happened was inflation and a whole lotta price gouging, and people think Biden was to blame. The same people seem to think that donvict has a magic wand.

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        Biden’s response to the price gouging was a super bowl ad in which he asked those who were engaging in shrinkflation to cut it out.

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        It’s exactly this.

        Trump promised easy solutions to the problems caused by the right, and by corporate oligarchs. They went along with it, and voted for him. They’re now in for a wild ride.

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          Yep. This is truly going to be the finding out stage for them, except, unfortunately, all of us are going to pay the price for their stupidity.

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            My wishful hope is that because some of the effects (i.e. prices after blanket tariffs) will be so demonstrably bad for their wellbeing, and will appear much quicker, rather than being delayed (i.e. inflation) that they will actually notice that their own side did something bad, and maybe the more moderate, single-issue voters (primarily those on the economy) will wise up and vote against them in 2028.

            If we even have an election in 2028, that is.

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        It takes a lot of mental gymnastics to claim he isn’t to blame.

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          Yeah, like hearing corporate oligarchs bragging on earnings calls about being able to get away with price-gouging the American people because “Bidenflation”? Didn’t require any mental gymnastics, actually.

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      They are mentioned in the article, if we can call it that. But no specifics:

      Currently, U.S. restrictions include an embargo on a certain weapons shipment and limitations on various combat-related equipment, even if they do not involve explosive ordnance.

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        What dies this entail, nukes?

        The 2000 pound bombs are still flowing. I can’t think of a single restriction.

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        That’s just rewording the nonspecific claim. You were asked for a list of the restrictions.

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        This is because none of it is enforced and it OOS just a fig leaf. They claimed to embargo “offensive” weaponry while keeping a firehose of JDAM shipments to the Zionist entity.

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    Good work Pro-Palestinian voters who support, especially in Michigan, Mango Mussolini or an independent. We tried to warn you and there is going plenty of US made tungsten zipping through the air in Gaza and southern Lebanon, This also means you can kiss the West Bank good-bye and that is Israeli’s primary objective.

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      Democrats were never holding them back from expanding, they literally expanded the war into Lebanon under Biden. The only check they ever had are the people on the ground fighting.

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    the lack of lemmy.ml accounts on this post is amusing.

    almost like they’re too afraid to admit they were wrong or they were Russian trolls all along.

    booo baby gonna cry

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      When I pointed out that Harris supporters shouldn’t have embraced genocide on the day of the election I got a temp ban for “trolling”.

      Maybe do some introspection.

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            Weird how repeatedly calling for an immediate cease fire and a two state solution in Israel = “Harris genocide”.

            Removed for misinformation.

            March - https://www.npr.org/2024/03/04/1234822836/kamala-harris-benny-gantz-gaza-cease-fire-israel-hamas

            “Monday’s meeting in Washington, D.C., comes one day after Harris called for an immediate, temporary cease-fire in Gaza to facilitate an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Harris is expected to continue pressing Israel to pause the fighting and allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.”

            July - https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/25/harris-netanyahu-israel-cease-fire-00171315

            “Vice President Kamala Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in private Thursday and followed it with a strikingly forceful call on his government to get a cease-fire deal done and ease the suffering of civilians in Gaza.”

            September - https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/harris-trump-presidential-debate-election-2024/card/harris-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-while-trump-claims-she-hates-israel--isokhfqmy6EgRGrUOSuK

            “Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her call for a ceasefire-for-hostage deal in Gaza while expressing sympathy for both Israelis and Palestinians affected by the conflict. Harris condemned the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on southern Israel but said “far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed” by Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza.”

            Do you get something out of mis-representing what she said and did? Or were you just not actually paying attention?

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                As I’ve told multiple propagandists, the support for Israel was for proper Israeli defense, NOT the genocide.

                Nobody, not a single person, in the Biden Administration, delivered weapons with the explicit permission of “By all means, kill as many Palestinians as you want.”

                The Israelis misappropriated the weapons to do that.

                Feel free to blame Netanyahu and Likud for the genocide all you want, they are the ACTUAL perpetrators.

                You should be able to tell this because the genocide started 10/7 before a dime of US aid had been promised or delivered.

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                  They’re still sending weapons. You can’t keep giving guns to a guy that keeps murdering people, and then say “I told him not to murder people it’s not my fault”. How would that hold up in court?

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            Am I? If you don’t think we get more genocide with Trump you are willfully not paying attention.

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              Almost everyone in north Gaza will be dead by new years. That happened entirely under Biden. Do you think Trump will kill them a second time?

              We all know Trump is objectively worse but your argument is terrible; it’s like the Americans saying we should overlook Bush’s atrocities like Abu Ghraib because Saddam Hussein was worse. No, that’s just a fallacy.

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                Your premise is based on this: "Almost everyone in north Gaza will be dead by new years. "

                Which is clearly and obviously false. Check back with me on Jan 1.

                “Do you think Trump will kill them a second time?”

                The Trump administration will enable the complete erasure of the Palestinian people and their land. Huckabee has said as much already. Israelis have said as much too. I believe them.

                Finally, do you think nothing else matters? Do you think the consequences of a Trump administration beyond Palestine don’t matter? If so, I’d encourage you to spend less time virtue signaling and more time checking your privilege.

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      I mean, assuming everyone on an instance has exactly the same views is kind of asinine. You won’t find me pushing that shit. And plenty of others from ml also.

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      Most dissidents have been banned from .world to keep the echo chamber functional.

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        you’ve got .ml and others, that’s where all the “dissidents” hang out. Must be hard to be a dissident when everyone agrees with you.

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          .ml has some trigger happy mods but nobody gets banned for criticizing the democratic party for supporting a genocide.

          You can tell how much of an echo chamber it is here since there are no weapons restrictions for Trump to lift. Because the democrats did not place any.

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            .ml has some trigger happy mods but nobody gets banned for criticizing the democratic party for supporting a genocide.

            Oh you don’t get banned for going along with Russian propaganda? Wow, weird huh.

            But then you do get banned for pointing out Russian propaganda.

            Here.

            That’s @davel@lemmy.ml pushing against BlueSky, spreading his usual bullshit links about “Nazis”. He thinks Ukraine is filled with Nazis and Russia was right to invade it. Now “BlueSky is filled with Nazis”

            It doesn’t take a genius to suss this out, but that’s what the poorly educated Russians don’t get. Or they rely on Americans being equally stupid, which is a good bet, honestly.

            But for people with a normal amount of media/political literacy? Lol.

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              Everything I’m told by the state media is good and correct and everything would be fine if it weren’t for the underhanded secret jews russians feeding dissent

              Hey! Why am I being banned for following a user around and making personal attacks at them??

              YOU’RE ALL JUST A BUNCH OF J-I MEAN RUSSIANS

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                You guys genuinely can’t argue like adults, it’s very irritating.

                I’ve not followed anyone around nor have I made any personal attacks. Is “are you pro-Russian?” a personal attack in your opinion? I guess we’ll find out.

                Are you pro-Russian?

                Do you believe Russia has broken international law with their illegal war of aggression by invading Ukraine in February 2022?

                (And I know you won’t answer any of that, you’ll just continue with the garbage quality propaganda. Which is to say utilising shitty rhetoric to push your agenda. Ie the childish nature of your wannabe argument. I wish you could see just how ridiculous it is, but you’re genuinely not able to. If you were, you’d be too ashamed to write that, lol.)

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                  Stimulus: “You’re falling into the exact antisemetic tropes The Protocols of the Elders of Zion inspired in the late 18th century. You’re just replacing ‘Russian’ for ‘Jew’ for your paranoid delusions that act as thought stoppers for any dissent”

                  Response: “YOU SOUND LIKE A SECRET JEW”

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      In what way were we wrong? Did we ever claim Trump would be good on Gaza?

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        There were two ways to vote for Trump. 1) Mark Trump on your ballot and turn it in, or 2) Not vote for Harris, not turn in a ballot at all.

        Quit being coy, just take a bow and acknowledge your victory. You stood strong against genocide, and helped elect the only candidate who can’t be reasoned with and whose stated political policy was to SPEED UP THE GENOCIDE. Congrats! If you thought their blood wasn’t on your hands before, it absolutely is now.

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          There were two ways to vote for Trump. 1) Mark Trump on your ballot and turn it in, or 2) Not vote for Harris, not turn in a ballot at all.

          In that case, Trump has won with an overwhelming majority in every election he’s ever run in, since nonvoters are like half the population and all of them count as voting for Trump.

          Back here in reality, that’s not how it works.

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          There were two ways to vote for Trump. 1) Mark Trump on your ballot and turn it in, or 2) Not vote for Harris, not turn in a ballot at all.

          By this logic a vote for Jill Stein would be a vote for Harris, lol. Question your political masters, this just isn’t logical at all.

          Quit being coy, just take a bow and acknowledge your victory.

          It is good for Democratic voters to have failed while supporting genocide. You shouldn’t support genocide and I shouldn’t have to lecture you like this. Be a good person.

          You stood strong against genocide, and helped elect the only candidate who can’t be reasoned with and whose stated political policy was to SPEED UP THE GENOCIDE.

          Israel already has unconditional support for its genocide and opened up two new fronts with the suppory of the Biden-Harris administration. Israel does not have one hsnd tied behind its back. The dominant global empire supports it materially and diplomatically.

          Your lesser evil logic means nothing here. It is again just a thought terminating cliché from your political masters. Instead of justifying lesser-evil genocide, please go and inform yourself and work to help others.

          Congrats! If you thought their blood wasn’t on your hands before, it absolutely is now.

          Blood is on the hands of those committing and supporting genocide, not those who fifht against it. Look at how this political illogic has twisted your understanding of basic reality.

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            When you see a .world account you just have to assume they’re one of the dumbest most evil motherfuckers you’ve ever met.

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          exit polls showed that harris lost mainly on the economy. You just want to pretend it was gaza so you can point fingers.

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            Nope, it was the apathy. Democrats that came out to vote for Biden 4 years ago stayed home. That’s a FACT you can count in the number of votes cast this election vs last.

            You know what else is a fact? People that stayed home and didn’t vote DIDN’T GET EXIT POLLED.

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              Exit polls and polls leading up to election. Come on now, lets not mince words or pretend the data wasnt obvious. They did know. It was all over the news snce the day she started her run.

              “The economy, particularly inflation and the cost of living, is the primary issue for a majority of voters.”

              https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm24g1nj364o

              Bidens historically low approval rating was well documented, and the reason for it being low was well understood. She chose to say that “she couldnt think of anything she’d change” or something like that. She ran on a platform that had already ended up on the rocks long ago. Centrists just put their fingers in their ears and pretended Biden was the second coming of FDR whenever Biden was criticised, but the numbers were there waiting to be read if you cared about reality and dropped the infantile “rooting for your sports team, blue no matter who” mentality.

              88% of Americans disagreed with how the US was acting in the Israeli war on gazans. Did you think that would be cost-free, or that Biden showed he had votes to burn in the last election or the ones before that? he didnt. Harris knew that wouldnt be consequence free. She ran with it anyway. Thats just Bidens stubborn rightwing-fellating petulant stupidity thats been the hallmark of his entire career bleeding into Harrnis’ campaign. A competent politician wouldnt have taken on that baggage when it was so obviously going to cost big in swing states.

              https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/arab-american-voters-struggle-to-back-harris-over-u-s-support-for-israels-war-in-gaza

              “The vice president has said she would not change from Biden’s policies, and argued that Israel has a right to defend itself. But she has also said that far too many innocent Palestinians have been killed”

              https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4895174-democrats-middle-east-conflict/

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            Harris lost because of a lack of blue voters who didn’t get an exit poll.

            There were more red there, and they claim to have voted because of economy because racism and hurting the other team wasn’t on the official ticket.

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      Bruh, I’m just here for the memes. But I can start commenting on political stuff more to even out my instance’s biases if that would help. Honestly haven’t paid much attention to which trolls were from where, but I’ll take your word for it…

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          It’s fine, the internet will internet. Unless someone tells me what I’ve done wrong, I’m just gonna assume one downvote gave it the initial velocity for more downvotes. Trying to understand it beyond that will make you go crazy.

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    Did anyone tell the Palestinians that this would have been the same and to not worry? We had brave, brave people who sat on their hands and did nothing in their name, so I hope they’re grateful for their “sacrifice.”

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      You could literally ask them yourself. They quite explicitly refused to vote for you and your genocidal racist candidate.

      You brave, brave keyboard warrior who would get their ass beat if you said any of this in person

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        Lmao I would absolutely square up against a fascist. Don’t threaten me with a good time. See, I’m an adult. I understand the work doesn’t stop at the vote, but I know how important it is to do what I can, even if it’s small. And I know that giving the government the equivalent of a cold shoulder allows shit to happen. Evil happens when good people do nothing, and, unlike you I guess, I refuse to do nothing. I’m involved in my local government and plan to keep working. I’d say you should do the same, but I think we both know that ain’t happening. But I hope you feel good doing nothing but bad mouthing those braver than you on the internet. Just down vote me and be on your way. 💅🏾

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      The more common correlary was to sit on one’s hands and provide consent for genocide or to try to vote shame on support of genocidal candidates.

      Though I think you know that those who stand with Palestine tend to be more politically active than your typical Democratic voter. I know I don’t see your type in the streets or running education programs or building connections to support Palestinians directly.

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        Oh my, my type? Goodness, you know, I didn’t see your type either now that I think about it! When I went to protests and meetings in my community, I’m afraid I didn’t see you there, I only saw people who we trying to actually help people, you know, the ones that knew they were between and rock and a hard place, but actually tried to not hand the government over to a blood thirsty racist, while making sure the community was informed in what steps to take should he win and are now continuing to rally and make their voices heard instead of “not VoTiNg fOr GeNoCiDe” which, you know, kind of got us here.

        But perhaps it’s scary to stand for a belief off of the internet, but I’m unfamiliar with the feeling because my mom didn’t raise a removed.

        Don’t worry, we’ll handle it, sport. You just stay safe inside, okay? ♥️

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          Oh my, my type? Goodness, you know, I didn’t see your type either now that I think about it! When I went to protests and meetings in my community

          Speaking about this as if they are over and not something ongoing says a lot. I’m leaning towards this just being a lie.

          , I’m afraid I didn’t see you there, I only saw people who we trying to actually help people, you know, the ones that knew they were between and rock and a hard place, but actually tried to not hand the government over to a blood thirsty racist, while making sure the community was informed in what steps to take should he win and are now continuing to rally and make their voices heard instead of “not VoTiNg fOr GeNoCiDe” which, you know, kind of got us here.

          I have never seen a pro-Palestinian protest with that message. That just sounds like you projecting your armchair liberal takes onto other people.

          The people who organize pro-Palestinian protests are socialists and allied Palestinian groups, occasionally JVP. And while JVP is milquetoast and weak, even they aren’t that mealy-mouthed.

          But perhaps it’s scary to stand for a belief off of the internet, but I’m unfamiliar with the feeling because my mom didn’t raise a removed.

          I wonder what slur you used while calling yourseld a good person.

          Don’t worry, we’ll handle it, sport. You just stay safe inside, okay? ♥️

          It id also telling that this is the only part of my comment that you replied to.

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            What slur? Now you really have loss me. People in my community were realistic about what we could get done on 11/5. We didn’t call anyone a slur, we’re not Republicans. Naive? Foolish? Maybe, but what slur? I’m not calling myself a “Good” person, but I’m am calling myself a politically involved and empathetic beyond what is comfortable for me. I’m sure you also feel like you’re a good person, and maybe you are, I only know you from this interaction. But I’m at peace with what I did on 11/5 because I didn’t stop working.

            I’m fine being down voted knowing that I did and will continue to do what I can. Just like I’m sure you’re fine feeling that you did and/or are doing the same.

            I’m sorry, I’m just so angry that we are in this position, and that it’s even worse. It’s very, very frustrating (though I’m sure it’s the same for you).

            Still not sure why you think we’d be walking around calling people slurs though 👀

            Edit: Whoops, their account is gone I think? Sorry. I swear I didn’t report. 🙏🏾

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      They were braver than that, friend! They took to the internet in droves, and in every comment thread they showed everyone how principled they were, commenting “I ReFUsE to VoTE 4 GENOCIDE!!!”, spreading their message to either vote 3rd party or don’t vote at all. They worked hard AF to spread their apathy far and wide!

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    Boy those pro-Palestine folks that didn’t vote for Kamala to protest her stance on the genocide sure did own the Democrats. I’m sure they’re super happy about helping get Trump back in office and aren’t at all upset about the leopards gnawing off their entire heads.

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      I am happy that Democratic voters did not learn that they can support genocide and still win elections.

      If you tolerated genocide, you are the kind of voter that allows them to get away with these things. This enabled the current genocide - they expected you to fall in line znd it sounds like you did what you were told. It will also enable the rightward swings the party always wants to take in the interests of capital.

      It would be better if you focused on becoming politically informed and worked against these forces rather than giving them legitimacy.

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        They quite literally do not think Palestinians are people. Nothing else could explain their blood soaked entitlement. Nor how unapologetic they are.

        But that was before the election.

        Now you know they’re literally the same as the nazis on the other side by how fucking gleeful they are to watch the bodies stack with an ignorant “I told you so”

        They’re exactly the people we said they were. Let’s see how many learn from us saying so and being right.

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          Yes, liberals have been scratched and, as I predicted, they have split into two minds:

          1. Disbelief and resignation, a depression that can sometimes be broken through with reminders that they shouldn’t have supported genocide.
          2. “We’ve gotta get a whole lot more racist”
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        You didnt vote democrat this election you are responsible for never again getting the chance to elect a candidate that will stop Israel or make anything better.

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              What do you call giving weapons with the knowledge that they will be used for genocide?

              Does the recipient obviously lying “oh they’ll just be used for defense” while they continue to commit genocide with previous shipments of weapons give the democrats plausible deniability in your book?

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      Watch the news, shit is horrible now. There were and are no checks on the Israeli army. But keep blaming the third party voters if it makes you feel better. We don’t mind.

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        shit is horrible now

        If you don’t think it can get worse, you’re a fool.

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          It will get worse with no policy change. It is an ongoing genocide with unconditional US support.

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          They’re still acting like they’re better than Trump and his supporters

          Even now while they’re openly cheering on the death

          They’re worse

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        Usually abstinence prevents idiots from entering the gene pool; this time it may help get rid of some if Trump gets his way. Great work!

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          Us: You’re acting exactly like nazis

          You: Now watch me do eugenics!

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        The headline is wrong but still congrats to you morons for enabling Trump. He is clearly a friend of the Palestinians and not Bibi’s buddy.

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    The problem is not military restrictions. Biden did not have any either. The problem is recognition of annexed territories. We see how Israel is clearing out the northern part of Gaza and they are already talking about annexing the West Bank. We are likely to see a lot more violence in the West Bank soon. My guess is parts of Jerusalem and Jericho being in focus.

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      The problem is recognition of annexed territories.

      Don’t look too hard at Harris’s pick for VP if this is the pretext for “we’re not as bad” that you’re clinging to

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        Yeah didn’t he call for the creation of “greater israel” in the region or something?

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      Did you know the Democrats are the first party to have a Palestinian-American woman elected as a member of Congress? Her name is Rashida Tlaib, and Israel has banned her from entering their country, and Marjory Taylor PieceofShit attempted to pass a resolution censuring her for her criticism of Israel.

      Hm, I wonder if any of the “anti-genocide” assholes ever stopped to think about Rashida, and whether she would have wanted Democrats to sit out this election or vote Green. I wonder if they understand anything at all.

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        Hm, I wonder if any of the “anti-genocide” assholes ever stopped to think about Rashida, and whether she would have wanted Democrats to sit out this election or vote Green.

        When you definitely know Tlaib’s positions lmao

        Incredibly chauvinistic to use her as a talking point and put your own positions into her mouth without listening to anything she says.

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        Tlaib has generally been the sole voice against US support for Israel in Congress and very publicly refused to endorse Harris days before the election.

        She got nearly twice the support in her district as Harris did.

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      Trump will enable any genocide the Israelis commit, and loudly gloat over it.

      But yeah, both sides are the same…

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        You have correctly identified the relevant difference: rhetorical approach.

        Biden-Harris: feigned concern and “ceasefire” claims while providing unconditional support for the genocide.

        Trump: no feigned concern or “ceasefire” claims while (presumably) providing unconditional support for the genocide.

        But this difference means nothing materially, of course. If someone punches you with a smile on their face do you thank them for it?

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      Yes. Now make sure you stand in front of a mirror once a day and say that out loud so you actually start to believe it.

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        The Biden-Harris regime has provided, unconditionally, the material snd diplomatic support needed for Israel to carry out this genocide. If you support them, you are complicit.

        Who should look in the mirror?

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        To pretend that Biden did not deliver weapons to Israel used for a genocide, but Trump will make it even worse? I just need to read the news for that. No need for a mirror.

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      I think you will find out exactly what he means… I think you already know, but are lying to yourself.

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        The Biden-Harris regime used this as a rhetorical fig leaf and Trump will not. No policy changes, no material changes on this. It is just different propaganda angles to keep doing the same thing.

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    Me trying to find the restrictions in question just like me trying to find Biden’s red line and also just like me trying to find Blinken’s endzone and also me trying to find the consequences of Israel’s actions for the past 13 months.

    What a joke lol

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      This comment has some real manic desperation energy. Are you ok?

      Posting memes in response to news like this… You’re showing everyone your ass, moron.

      Take a breath, and maybe do some introspection.

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        I see that you have made no such comments towards the memers in this thread trying to crap on those who won’t vote for genocide.

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    Let’s be real. The Zionists in charge are Nazis and there was never a path out of genocide in these elections.

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      It’s also part of the evangelical grifter prophecy that the Jews be in control of all of old Isreal before the apocalypse starts.

      Trump will dismantle this country and the Christians will cheer it on as society circles the drain because the version of their book that was rewritten in the 70s says so.

      It will at least be funny to see them all realize that the “rapture” probably already happened and they’re all still here XD

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        The Rapture happened, three Quakers, a Unitarian and a radical Catholic nun disappeared mysteriously, otherwise business as usual.

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        Trump will dismantle this country and the Christians will cheer it on as society circles the drain

        These idiots should be disqualified for holding office, since at least some of them, and/or the people they represent, simply don’t think this world matters, but only their fictional eschatology.

        It’s bananas when you actually talk to some of them. Weirdly, though, some of them are still preppers. Wait, I thought you will be one of the blessed chosen ones in the end times? WTF are they stockpiling MREs and thinking they’ll be hunting for deer with a bow and arrow or some shit…none of their plans - if you can call them that - make any fucking sense, but they want to rule so that they can drag more advanced people, cultures, and societies down with them into their lunacy and their absolute literal hellscape.

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      Such a fucking idiotic take… I’m sure Palestinians will take heart in this sentiment when they get gassed out of existence on January 21.

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        Everyone in north Gaza will be dead or deported before new years. That will be complete before Trump even takes office. How can you still pretend Biden is somehow better when the outcome is the same?

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        The Zionist entity, generally speakinf, does not use gas. They use large scake bombing campaigns and white phosphorus. This has already been happening for 13 months, if you weren’t aware.

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      Let’s be discerning: there was the potential for a better path out of this, but people decided on the definitely-worst-case-for-everything option on this binary choice, to ensure everyone suffers as much as possible in every situation, most assuredly during the belligerent invasion by Israel.

      It was explained over and over; you need more time?

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        Let’s be discerning: there was the potential for a better path out of this

        Harris, of the Biden-Harris regime that has been the necessary backer of this genocide for 13 months, did nothing different from Biden rhetorically and was an empty suit candidate that holds the party line. A party whose reoresentatives almost unanimously provide the material support needed for this genocide despite 70-80% of their constituents opposing it.

        The “better path” you are referring to is literally unconditional support for genocide. I slmost said you were describing the better path, but you didn’t actually describe what it looks like. Presumably, you cannot.

        but people decided on the definitely-worst-case-for-everything option on this binary choice, to ensure everyone suffers as much as possible in every situation, most assuredly during the belligerent invasion by Israel.

        Who provided you with these choices? Have you considered looking at politics as more than just which monster to press a button for?

        It was explained over and over; you need more time?

        There was a peeiod, maybe two months, when I could barely get Harris supporters to even say the word genocide. What do you think you are explaining?

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        Harris just needed to stop the shipments to win the election and she wouldnt do it. She had a billion dollars of pollster and consultant data to tell her this. But its everyone elses fault she lost?

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          Lol, no. Gaza didn’t lose Harris the election. Sadly, America cares less for Gaza than they do for women’s health, that Trump is a traitor and a convicted felon, or actually understanding the economy. Eggs are expensive so Dems bad.

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          She wouldn’t have won the elections even if she did that. The pro-Zionist Democratic Party vote far exceeds the vote for evenhandedness or pro-Palestinian policies.

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            Around 70-80% of Democratic voters are against the US sending weapons to Israel. The people most committed to this are younger, they are the people that Dems rely on to have any kind of ground game. Accordingly, Dems had no ground game.

            All Harris had to do was cynically oppose the genocide by threatening literally any kind of restrictions and to cynically claim to do something about high prices at the grocery store. In both cases she waffled.