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*Biden enables genocide
Progressives: that's fucked up, we should stop supporting Israel
Liberals: ackchually its not a genocide because they only killed a quarter of the population, and you should stay quiet about this because it'll just help trump win
*Trump enables genocide
Progressives: that's fucked up, we should stop supporting Israel
Liberals: I told you so, I told you so, I told you so....
Choose between two geriatric evil fuckers. Will you choose the one that pretends to care or the one that promises outright destruction. Destruction it is...
TIL Kamala is a geriatric evil fucker
So what did you dorks achieve? Ukrainian genocide and the destruction of the us economy? Good job.
Oh look.
The thing we said would happen is gonna happen.
I didn't vote for Harris because Trump didn't do genocide
I wonder where all those people are now. Because they were REALLY active leading up to the election (and shortly after).
I wonder if they realize they were wrong.
EDIT: Oh, they're here, just had to scroll more.
At a glance, no, they don't seem to be taking responsibility, and even still seem to be taking the moral high ground.
Which suggests it wasn't even astroturfing...lol
Democrats happily stated they would support this as well. If only they tried being different.
Harris and Biden prioritized continuing the genocide over beating Trump. They are to blame for this just as much as Trump
My stance was "Trump is going to make a lot of things worse, including the ongoing genocide in Gaza. You're either for Trump or against Trump, and if you're a single issue voter, you're either voting in favour of, or against, making the genocide worse".
Some people told me that the Democrats are definitely in favour of the genocide, but who knows what Trump would do! I told them everyone else knows. They told me it's impossible to know because there was no genocide during Trump's first term, but there was during Biden's first term. So Trump is a safer bet for single issue voters.
Regardless, single issue (non-)voters have succeeded in making life much worse for Americans and Palestinians.
We would still be supporting Israel with Biden in place. The only difference is there would be a few "we are very concerned" statements from the White House press secretary instead of Trump's reality TV show statements. But in the background, the same number of MK84 2,000lb bombs are being transported by the same military vehicles and they blow up on top of the same people.
if you’re a single issue voter, you’re either voting in favour of, or against, making the genocide worse
By what measure is trump making it worse than it was under biden, biden supplied the weapons for a 15 month long genocidal carpet bombing campaign, has trump done something worse than that?
The threats also reference a so-called "Trump plan", aligning with recent remarks by US President Donald Trump. who suggested the mass expulsion of Gaza's population to neighbouring countries. The posters featured images of Trump and lsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
How is that worse than a genocidal carpet bombing campaign?
Pointing this little fact out on Reddit is hilarious as people go absolutely bananas.
I say people but they’re likely bots.
Imagine there are people who want you dead for existing. They tell you to leave but you have nowhere to go, because they took your home and nobody wants you. You don't have anything and aren't even able to leave, even if you wanted to. So they come, they kill your family and they kill you.
Now imagine there are people in other parts of the world, they have everything and they didn't even know you, but they consider it served you right.
This world is fucked up.
They tell you to leave but ~~you have nowhere to go, because they took your home and nobody wants you.~~
Actively block you from leaving and attack you when you try to leave via "safe routes".
FTFY
Hey everyone, this guy is a mod who had previously banned pro Palestine comments a few months back. Neat to see you finally changed your mind on the active genocide.
Edit: turns out he has not. Scroll down and see him continue to hold that palastinians do not have a right to defend themselves.
As someone who has friends in Southern Lebanon who have been held at gunpoint by IDF forces and threatened with death, I'm pretty sure you're confused.
genocide much?
Can I get a religious war with a side of genocide? Oh, it's a package deal and I also get free racism? Cool.
the colonial project far supercedes religion here
Fuck trump
Literally worse than Spez
But hey, we sure showed Biden with that protest vote. Way to go team. Instead of using continued pressure to bend the party that at least listens somewhat, we now gave Gaza the dictator who gives 0 fucks. High five. /s
Update: Complain all you want about this take. I’ve been a lefty union member all my life and I got so much shit for saying Biden would not be as bad as Trump for Gaza. I got called Blue MAGA, tankie, and other trash from my own side because I saw it for what it was. Netanyahu wanted Trump to win for a reason. Now y’all want to justify your handing the country to Trump to make a point or give me shit for calling it out. Fuck you right back. I voted Bernie in the past, Biden was never my first choice, but pretending voting for a no chance in hell fake like Jill Stein was a possible alternative is bull shit. We live in a winner take all representative Republic. Until the system is changed, every election is the lesser evil vote. In the mean time, you don’t hand the country to the oligarchy’s mascot and his fascist mob. The people of Gaza will be paying even worse, but now add Ukraine, LGBTQ+, Federal workers, unions, people of color, immigrants, and everyone making under $150,000 a year to those who will suffer worse. We needed to come together to stop Project 2025, but we had to let the perfect be the enemy of the good like always.
Are you interested in others being able to participate in democracy or are you only interested in commanding others to vote for your preferences?
Think only having these two unreasonable options to choose from is unfair and not a real choice? Me too, thanks.
Videos on Electoral Reform
First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)
Videos on alternative electoral systems we can try out.
100% - we need to change the system so we don’t only have two choices. Third parties winning will not happen till the system of voting is changed. That takes work outside of elections.
The deafening silence from all the people who were so noisy about gEnOcIdE in October 2024.
Nobody is silent about this what the fuck are you even talking about?
The amount I heard the word "genocide" was much higher in October 2024.
Because there was a lot more genocide happening in October 2024. I mean hello? The war with Hezbollah and the North Gaza offensives were both in full swing then. Now we're in a temporary "pause" in the genocide*, so there are less people saying genocide.
*There's more genocide happening in the West Bank, but that has always gotten less reporting from Western media because it's not as flashy.
Because they were bots
Beep boop Genocide Joe wanted ethnic cleansing just as much as Trump boop beep
The Russian checks stopped coming, so they moved on to other things now
Everyone who disagrees with me is a Russian spy