pleaseclap,
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I think even if you're very pro-Israel, drawing a "red line" against attacking Rafah is sane, and it's the stated policy of the Biden administration

It remains to be seen what will happen once that line is crossed (as it has been): will the Biden administration pretend it never existed? Will crossing the "red line" have any consequences whatsoever for Netanyahu?

pleaseclap,
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If the answer is "no": then you don't really have much real evidence that a future America under Biden will be measurably better for minorities than Project 2025.

pleaseclap,
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This would seem like an easy opportunity for Biden to earn back some of the political capital he's lost with his base, and yet we've got radio silence from the president and liberals running counter-messaging

tmstreet,
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@pleaseclap The politics and the morality are now in alignment so there is not a downside to cracking down.

pleaseclap,
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@tmstreet Exactly: choosing to go against the politics and the morality now is nothing less than a principled stand in favor of genocide.

pleaseclap,
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Why would the octogenarian President of the United States be reluctant to halt a US-funded genocide in the middle east

Could it be it's because he's a fucking racist? Like we've been saying since 2016?

pleaseclap,
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Covert white supremacy is not less dangerous than overt white supremacy: it's slower but much harder to stop

tmstreet,
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@pleaseclap Because he has spent decades as a big supporter of Israel. I think that is more likely than racism.

pleaseclap,
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@tmstreet I don't really think it parses out that way: you can't support Israel committing genocide and not be a racist - not only does it require you to devalue Palestinian lives, you would be actively supporting a racist project

tmstreet,
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@pleaseclap Well, at the least, all these years of support probably has created a very large blind spot. Regardless, failure to stop this shit is disgusting in view of the mass devastation, killing, famine, and destruction.

pleaseclap,
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@tmstreet Probably

My point is that if you're trying to parse out which candidate is "safer" for US minorities, the obvious choice is really not looking very obvious right now

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