OP thinks genociding Palestinians is a character quirk and not a serious flaw that disqualifies a politician
this post was submitted on 24 Jan 2024
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Except the meme is wrong because Trump would be even worse for Palestine.
That’s not true, Trump has been president once before. Biden and his administration are ardent Zionists like no administration before. Even Reagan and Bush Sr. exerted pressure to stop Israeli carnage in Lebanon and elsewhere. Bush Sr went as far as threatening to withhold 10 billion in US aid. Meanwhile Biden is bypassing Congress to send weapons so that Israel can carry on its crimes. Trump at worst will be the same.
What I don’t get is why not primary someone else? Another Democratic candidate.
And what happened when Trump was president? He moved the embassy to Jerusalem. Biden stopped Israel from invading Jordan. You're smoking something if you think Trump wouldnt be multiples worse.
Moving the embassy to Jerusalem is worse than a genocide?
That’s a very absurd take.
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Reading these comments, it feels people are having a giant trolley problem moment. Do I vote for Biden and throw the switch so fewer people die, or do I not do it and let more people die, but at least I'm not complicit then?
Do you think people think about their culpability?
I mean, the argument "I don't want to vote for Biden since he's supporting a genocide, despite the fact my apathy may cause another person to get elected instead that supports more genocide" kinda sounds like that, yeah.
I am on the other side of the pond, so I have no vote there, but I don't know what I'd be doing. I voted in elections where the best idea I had was a protest vote. I voted for joke parties as well. I never voted for someone who openly supported genocide though. Feels like a deal with the devil at least, like allying yourself with Stalin to fight Hitler.
American here. It sucks. We often have a lesser of evil vote. I don't see an alternative. I'd vote for someone that ran on a platform of unfucking our elections / political parties. I have ill will toward both parties. It used to be very near equal, 15 or so years ago but through the tea party movement, into Trumpism, watching them ratfuck Obama out of 2 Supreme Court picks, then Jan6, smfh. I've lost all respect for Republicans. Dems have me in that respect because i have no other choice. That needs to change. That said...
I will go vote for Biden (and feel fine with it) because he's trying. He's pushing policy forward, even trying to reach across the aisle on important things. The other side of the aisle are clowns though and are doing some kind of performance art for their base rather than keeping the country running. Biden deserves my vote here. I don't see evidence of anything other than him trying to unfuck the nation and return stability. More of that please.
Also, he's not Trump. Fuck that traitor.
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