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[–] skye@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (46 children)

because Donald "I will let Netyanahu finish the job" Trump is somehow better for this. Get your head out of your ass lol

[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I agree that Donald Trump is much worse for the situation in Palestine and that it was a mistake for anybody to sit out because of what’s happening. But I think it also needs to be said that the Democrats didn’t really offer any alternative besides plausible deniability, and so it seems strange to me to pin the responsibility on the disengaged

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

He's been finishing the job just fine under Biden. I've gotten to the point where I can't honestly see what the difference is(in this particular issue). There was a time where wholesale annihilation and annexation was unacceptable but since that's cool can you point me to where exactly you think the Dems red line exists? Because it certainly seems to be beyond the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.

[–] skye@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The difference is that Biden has not once come out to say "i will help neyyanahu flatten Gaza" and from what I've read has been criticising him (to the best of his old man abilities).

It sucks that U.S. kept sending weapons to Israel for one reason or another, but the key difference here is that with a democratic president you had a higher chance of getting thru.

Good luck getting Trump to listen to anything at all. And I guess good job for letting Trump take the president seat, not only will he help flatten Gaza (which Biden seemingly was doing anyway), but will also flatten women's rights in the U.S., will flatten healthcare and education, will flatten any climate change progress, and will let Russia flatten Ukraine. An astounding failure for the entire world, just because your only issue was "b-but think of Gaza!"

I hope you're happy with your moral high ground because you decided to not vote for Genocide Kamala and instead let Destroy Everyone Trump win.

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope you’re happy with your moral high ground because you decided to not vote for Genocide Kamala

There have been such astounding things said with a straight face this year.

Oh wow, you literally picked and chose.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

To the best of his abilities my ass. Reflexively excusing his continued total support for Israel even after the election is delusional. It's pretty obvious that you had no chance of getting any different result from a Democrat on this issue than a Republican.

And getting mad at me about it is kind of pointless, as I live in Maryland's sixth and my vote for a Democrat house member is the only national vote that mattered (and in this case it really did matter). Despite that I did end up voting for Harris. Maybe you should get mad at the Dems morally bankrupt leadership instead of me.

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