A vote for Robert Kennedy is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Cornel West is a vote for Trump.
A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump.
Not voting is a vote for Trump.
@figstick@marcelias How is that?? Less genocidal? Do you actually think he would have made a different choice had Oct. 7 happened on his watch? He certainly was genocidal when it came to the border.
@figstick@pearlbear@marcelias No, That's Bibi. And decades of policy. So is Putin, who Trump supports. So you willing to throw Ukraine under the bus too?
Biden is trying to claim that Bibi went rogue, but he can't hide the fact that he bypassed Congress to ship billions of $$ in arms to Israel, as well as the fact that Bibi started backing down the minute Biden started talking about limiting support for Israel.
He's trying to shirk responsibility for the genocide while also doing things that could have prevented the genocide had he done them earlier. Sorry, it doesn't work that way. He's responsible.
@figstick@ariaflame@marcelias I get it, but the point is, which is worse? You actually think a Trump presidency is going to be better in any way? Biden's level of responsibility for what's happening in Gaza doesn't change the overall picture of the danger of a Trump presidency.
@Beedge We've been trying to reason with, persuade and enlighten President Ice Cream for six months, and yet he keeps supplying Israel with the weapons to commit genocide. How is a vote for for him not also a vote for genocide?
@pixplz How is a vote for any other candidate not a vote for genocide?
Bidens stance is shifting. Much much too slowly, but it is shifting.
The problem with the catchy little "A vote for #Biden is a vote for #genocide." jingle is the inference that the opposite is true. Not voting for Biden is as much, if not more of an endoresment of genocide.
I’m glad on an individual level for the people who are privileged enough to make the Middle East their single issue, but I wish they were also concerned about rights in the US, particularly women and LGBTQ.
@jjLitke@Beedge@pixplz Yep. I notice most of them are completely silent about the murder going on at the Texas border and the mass suffering inflicted on queer and pregnant folks in red states. But doing the hard work to stop Republicans from doing this stuff doesn't let them pretend to be edgy.
Is the shit Bibi is doing awful? Yes. Is it the only awful thing in the world, or even the only awful thing happening to Muslims? Fuck, no. But crickets from that crowd on all the rest.
@textualdeviance@jjLitke@Beedge My queer spouse and I organized a protest that drew 1,000 people to one of ICE's headquarters. But please, go on with your nonsensical rant about how we're silent.
@pixplz@jjLitke@Beedge I said most. If you're not one of those, fair. But the point is that making things worse for ALL marginalized people by allowing Trump to win isn't the moral high ground you think you have.
@textualdeviance@jjLitke@Beedge How am I allowing Trump to win? By holding the current president accountable for his words and actions? If that somehow isn't permitted, then democracy is already dead.
@pixplz@Beedge@textualdeviance@jjLitke
Some people are promoting Putin's political technology for profit and some are just useful idiots. It's impossible to tell without substantial investigation.
@pixplz@Beedge@textualdeviance@jjLitke
I'm not going to since it's not worth the trouble which is why it's appropriate for everyone to assume that the people that are posting crap intended to help Putin and his allies are just paid to do it.
@pixplz@Beedge@textualdeviance@jjLitke
LOL, you're willing to accuse someone of being responsible for genocide and you're getting mad at someone for calling you out for it.
I think that lends significant support towards you being Russian educated. They're such snowflakes.
@thepoliticalcat@pixplz@Beedge@textualdeviance@jjLitke
There are many different congressional districts so I'm going to assume that they represent their districts unless find out otherwise, but of course we know that the left side of the aisle is not immune from corruption especially from roubles.
AOC seems to be acting more like a team player somewhat. She donated to the congressional PAC for the first time this year and has been praising Biden.
@thepoliticalcat@DeeGLloyd@pixplz@Beedge@textualdeviance@jjLitke
One silver lining out of Moscow Mike having control of our country's legislation with just a one vote majority should be that more Americans start thinking about more than just the POTUS has being in control of everything. 🤞
Plus, it's more impetus for people like Katie Porter to try winning if their districts get redrawn redder instead of dropping out to try for senate since it shows that Speaker can be career goal as well
@pixplz@Beedge@textualdeviance@jjLitke
The Israeli Army is not committing genocide by any definition of the term for one and your use of Putin's talking point indicates that you have no intention of supporting Joe Biden or democracy in general imo.
It that's not the case, cool, but when democracy is being attacked so fiercely as it has been over the last decade I'm going to do what I can to defend it before it's too late.
@pixplz@textualdeviance@jjLitke@Beedge a vote for Biden is a vote for the status quo of unrepresentative choose-only-one voting electoral college two [sic] parties etc. and not voting for Biden is a vote for even worse voting options and access than the current shitshow, literally throwing your vote away and your voting rights.
@enobacon@textualdeviance@jjLitke@Beedge Look, I am not telling you or anyone else who to vote for. Who YOU vote for is YOUR business. Who I vote for is MY business, and I never said I wasn't planning to vote for the incumbent. I do insist, however, on holding the current president accountable for his words and actions. If that somehow isn't permitted, then as I said, democracy is already dead.
@pixplz@textualdeviance@jjLitke@Beedge democracy is certainly not healthy and the flawed voting method is a big part of that, but electing a dictator who is literally promising never another election wouldn't be a way to hold Biden accountable. Use what little voting power you have to save and then fix it.
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