I don’t understand why criticizing Biden implies you support Trump.
If you’re gonna tell me to vote for the arguably lesser evil, you better believe I’m gonna complain about the results anyway lol.
I always vote for the lesser evil which is why voting D or R isn’t even a consideration for me. It’s hard for some people to grasp, but if you vote for someone who is pro-genocide, it doesn’t really get any “more evil” so you shouldn’t vote for either.
Amazing that this is getting downvoted. This is just the plain truth of the situation.
probably because it isn’t news but an opinion piece.
How many other opinion pieces get downvoted like this? I don’t think it’s that it’s an opinion peice. I think it’s an opinion many don’t want to hear.
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Thanks. Corrected.
Didn’t Khashoggi write for MEE? I sure wonder why Saudi Arabia wouldn’t like MEE…
Obama was all into war crimes in the middle east too, so I can’t pretend I’m surprised.
Who’s fooled?
Sorry sweaty but this truth is too inconvenient for libs of lemmy.ml. lemmygrad.ml & hexbear.net would be more receptive.
We’re still federated here somehow so we can boost it.
Biden is supporting genocide folks that’s all there is too it. It’s undeniable
How are you all still here? Haha
I hope sweaty instead of sweety is the new parlance.
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Just finished listening to August Nimtz on Upstream podcast. He explains why voting for the lesser evil will always push you further right.
It pushed me further left. So… fuck that noise.
As we stray further and further from god’s love ™. \m/
…what?
Because, you know, Trump would never…
Trump would do it within the US.
All libs can do is bleat about is Trump while Biden is doing a genocide. The concept of actually taking responsibility for what people you elected are doing must be completely foreign to you.
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We’re a massive ocean away, why would we be entitled to occupying their land?
fair enough, but the US doesn‘t occupy Palestine
Thats what “solid roots in the middle east” means. Military presence amongst arab states, including palestine.
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You mean make sure no one opposes their genocide. Stop invading other peoples countries
Dang, you just stopped all wars with that comment. Congrats dude
“kinda scummy” are you serious? Have you seen the videos of mosques, hospitals and refugee campa getting flattened by bombs?
Why do you want to be an ally with a nation that does this?
I mean thanks for dropping “and they’re definitely not going about this the right way” from my quote
Because it is a very weak statement. But my question is still, why do you want to be an ally with this nation?
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I’d just add that ‘Zionism’ means many different things to many different people. To some, it’s advocating that all Palestinians be forcefully removed from the region in support of the creation of a kind of Greater Israel. To others, it’s the mere acknowledgement that Israel is a thing that exists and that all Jews should not be forcefully removed from the region in support of the creation of a Greater Palestine.
Depending on who’s using the term, it’s essentially either “thing I like” or “thing I don’t like”, and I wouldn’t read very much into it over examining actual specific policy.
The former definition is being openly stated by the Israeli president, prime minister, and senior government officials as explicit justification for years of illegal settlements and apartheid.
The latter definition is a purely speculative excuse from Euro-American liberals that ignores that Palestinian Jews existed before Zionism in order to pretend that Jews can’t exist as part of a multiethnic society.
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It’s often used as newspeak. Just like in 1984, complex and often nuanced issues are reduced to simple words, soundbites or phrases which limit critical thinking and the ability to articulate more abstract or balanced opinions.
As you say, you’re then forced to make a choice, because the whole thing’s framed as a false dilemna.
Because the whole debate’s so emotional and angry, any room for nuance is often dead on arrival, and gets buried in the cacaphony of the loudest and often most stupid voices.
Well put. Thank you
