• PugJesus@kbin.social
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    I’m just one of many people who cannot bring themselves to vote for somebody who is enabling genocide, and who cannot go back to his neighbors or constituents and look them in the eye and say, ​“I know that you’ve lost somebody in the West Bank or Gaza,” or, ​“I know that this is an issue that’s incredibly important to you, but that’s not good enough anymore.” And I think taking people for granted, taking voters for granted, has to end.

    Oh, good, then they can look forward to going up to their neighbors, looking them in the eye, and saying “I know that you’ve lost somebody in the West Bank or Gaza; and so in solidarity with you, I’ve decided to ensure that LGBT and minorities here in America suffer too, and you’ll likely be among them.”

    I have no problem with people voting uncommitted in the primary. But saying “There is no lesser of two evils!!!” is privileged and short-sighted as fuck.

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      Luckily Trump isnt on the ballot to beat Biden in amy state primary elections.

      And you understand that potentially atopping a future genocide is not nearly as powerful an argument as atopping an ongoing one, right? Biden needs the people who want an end to the violence in Gaza to vote for him, so he should be doing more to earn their vote.

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      I’m just one of many people who cannot bring themselves to vote for somebody who is enabling genocide

      How completely uninformed can these people be? Social media is the absolute worse place to become informed and the best place to become radicalized.
      Biden has done many things to curb the senseless killings. So, let’s go with the orange guy who says let Israel finish the job?

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        Biden has done many things to curb the senseless killings.

        And just sold Netanyahu more weapons to continue the genocide with the US’ enthusiastic blessing. You won’t call it a genocide and that tells me all you are.

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    6 months ago

    This is about a primary. Centrists are going to treat this like it’s the general election. Make no mistake: they know better and just want opposition to the genocide they support to shut up.

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      6 months ago

      I’m gonna vote for Biden as little as I possibly can, so in this primary Dean Philips is my man. (State laws say I’m not allowed to write someone in.)

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      Oh it’s only about a primary? No reason to think their beliefs will exist beyond the primary…

      Certainly no reason to think that they’d consider a vote for Biden tantamount to supporting genocide OUTSIDE OF A PRIMARY. I’m sure repeating that comparison over and over won’t affect a single voter outside of the primary.

      No by all means I’m sure they’re actually organically starting a movement to work with the dem candidate to get traction on their views.

      Oh wait they are associating Biden with genocide. I’m sure that isn’t going to come up in the general election and if it does it’s totally not by design. FFS

      Just like the walk away campaign pay attention to their actions. Regardless of their stated opinions, we can all support the end of Israel’s genocide, at best these people are self defeating.

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        Oh wait they are associating Biden with genocide.

        No, Biden is doing that himself. He should stop.