• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    People protesting aren’t voting for Biden, the ones who are are denouncing the protests while doing pearl clutching over property damage.

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      6 months ago

      I’d be surprised if opponents of genocide would vote Republican instead, given how some GOP reps seem to be opposing even the half-measure of delaying arms shipments.

      A two party state where you choose between “fucked up” and “less fucked up, but constantly ceding ground” just does a poor job of accurately representing the opinions of people favouring actual progress, so they’re doing what they can to pull the Overton Window their way.

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        6 months ago

        This is what perpetuates the insanity in US. When your choices are Hitler and 99% Hitler, then the vote is meaningless. A lot of people will just choose not to participate in this circus.

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                6 months ago

                If you support Biden then you are supporting a genocide that US is currently involved in. Period. The fact that you can’t even admit this just further underscores your utter lack of morality and intellectual honesty.

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                  Ok, but if I don’t support Biden, the other guy is going to continue doing the genocide. Maybe even at a worse pace. So what’s the answer than? Voting on every other decision

                  Genocide sucks, but America dug this hole for generations. It’s not all on Biden

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                    6 months ago

                    Change comes from outside the ballot box. Vote for Biden, sure, but join and support the ongoing protests forcing his hand currently. Historically, meaningful change has come from collective action.

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                    6 months ago

                    Your actions are what matter, and if you’re going to vote for the guy who is conducting a genocide then you are complicit. No amount of hand wringing will change that.

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          6 months ago

          If your choices are Hitler and 99% Hitler, you still do what you can to stop 100% Hitler. Less bad is less bad.

          Nobody cares about your smug sense of superiority when 100% Hitler is in charge and you proudly announce “I did nothing to stop this, other than try to encourage other people to also do nothing to stop this.”

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              6 months ago

              You mean the logic of “I’m not going to do anything and neither should anyone else”?

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                  6 months ago

                  Considering I specifically suggested doing something is better than doing nothing, I’m going to go ahead and guess that listening to what other people are saying isn’t a strength of yours.

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                    6 months ago

                    Doing something is what the students protesting the genocide are currently doing, not voting for the guy doing the genocide. The fact that you don’t understand these basic things is truly phenomenal.

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          This is pretty rich coming from a guy who unironically defends Stalin and Mao for “doing what needed to be done.”

          Edit - I mean there you have it. If I explain the meme I’ll get banned but I think any reasonable person can appreciate the whiplash.

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      6 months ago

      Then show me the Biden supporter (who isn’t protesting) that wants small government like those who fly the Gadsden flag.

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          Them goalposts is me asking for the original receipt. Show me the Biden supporter who you claim this flag represents.

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            6 months ago

            nobody made this argument except you, what was said was that Biden supporters are just like the people whom this flag represents, they’re ok with an actual genocide being committed against other people as long they’re comfortable

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      6 months ago

      denouncing the protests while doing pearl clutching over property damage.

      Sounds like Republicans to me.