• @TokenBoomer
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    If a genocide is going to occur regardless of the vote, then the vote doesn’t matter.

    Let me ask you this. What do you think is going to happen if you don’t vote?

    In regards to what? The genocide? Project 2025? Healthcare?

    If people want to vote for Joe Biden to preserve LGBT and minority rights, that’s their choice. If someone wants to not vote for Biden because he is aiding in a genocide, that’s their choice.

    It’s egotistical to think that my priorities are more important than others.

    • @[email protected]
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      26 months ago

      If a genocide is going to occur regardless of the vote, then the vote doesn’t matter.

      Do you think that more people in Palestine will suffer if trump is elected?

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        Hypothetically, I think there would be no difference than what is occurring now. The rhetoric from his administration would be more belligerent though. If you take the genocide out of the equation, Biden is clearly the better choice. Unfortunately, it is part of the equation.

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          Ah, see that’s the assumption where you differ from most other folks in this thread.

          The base assumption made by others, backed by trump encouraging a fast victory for Israel , as well as other GOP politicians with similar calls are signs that trump would press on the accelerator hard.

          His commitment to Israel is in stark contrast to how he’s treated other longtime American allies.

          Lastly, let’s not forget his infamous Muslim travel ban.

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            Trump and the other Republicans will say a lot, but they aren’t going to act any different than what Biden and Blinken are already doing with Palestine. The only difference is the symbolic language the Democrats use to assuage their voters. What are they going to do, send more arms and money faster?

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              Trump and the other Republicans will say a lot, but they aren’t going to act any different than what Biden and Blinken are already doing with Palestine

              Muslim travel ban, Golan heights, and Jerusalem recognition + US embassy adoption there suggests that there are real world acts that the administration would do differently to me, what do you think?

              What are they going to do, send more arms and money faster?

              Precisely, afaik he doesn’t give a shit about the people of Palestine, he’s more worried about Israels bad PR and wants them to end it fast.

              EDIT: just to check, did you read the JNS article? It’s pretty bad, and he spells out exactly what he wants to do… A small excerpt is below.

              “On day one, we’ll restore our travel ban. We had a travel ban because we didn’t want people coming into our country who really loved the idea of blowing our country up,” he said. He called the ban an “amazing success.”

              “We didn’t have one incident in four years, because we kept bad people out of our country,” he claimed.

              “I’ll also be implementing strong ideological screenings for all immigrants coming in,” he said. “If you hate America, if you want to abolish Israel, if you sympathize with jihadists, then we don’t want you in our country and you’re not going to be getting into our country.”

              Trump also said he would cancel student visas of Hamas sympathizers.

              “The college campuses are being taken over, and all of the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests this month, nobody’s seen anything like it,” he said. “Come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you.”

              As president, Trump would “put every single university and college president on notice,” he said. “The American taxpayer will not subsidize the creation of terrorist sympathizers on American soil.”

              That last bit is actual government thought policing.

              • Victoria Antoinette
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                16 months ago

                bill clinton signed the recognition of jerusalem and the embassy move. all trump did was stop delaying it.

              • @TokenBoomer
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                06 months ago

                The, “Biden is bad, but Trump will be worse,” argument is tired. It’s not working, and may be actively making voters dislike Biden more.

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                  26 months ago

                  It’s definitely not working, but all evidence I’ve seen suggests it’s right.

                  Do you agree with me that “Biden is bad, but trump will be worse” is a correct statement?

                  I think the tiredness you’re referring to is a result of people voting emotionally and not logically, or just being exhausted with this whole shitstorm.

                  • @TokenBoomer
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                    06 months ago

                    You seem to have honorable intentions, but these exchanges are argumentum ad nauseam.

                    If you have to tell people why they should vote against Trump, instead of why they should vote for Biden, then he’s already lost.

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      16 months ago

      Dude people ain’t voting for Biden for any reason. They’re voting against the lunatic that tried to incite an insurrection. The dude that has the mentality of a child.

      That’s it. Trump is a sociopath and people don’t want him in charge of nuclear weapons.

      As to the rest of your comment. Yes you can do what you want but alls people are saying is Trump would far worse in every regard and not voting against him is basically saying your cool with that.

      Does that make sense? I don’t mean that in a condescending way, I’m really wanting to know if you understand my point of view and the consensus of this thread. And the majority of people.

      If you’re not voting Biden who are you voting for?

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        06 months ago

        If you want to me to say that I’m voting for Biden, I will. The question everyone should be asking themselves is why do they need that validation. Is it only okay to vote for Biden if everyone else does? If I change my mind in the next six months, and decide to vote for Cornel West or Jill Stein, is it not my choice? The people that have decided to not vote for Biden because of the genocide aren’t gonna be persuaded by randos pressuring them on the internet. It’s not their fault he is helping Israel do a genocide.

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          26 months ago

          I literally said in my last comment it is your choice do what you want.

          I’ve also covered, ad-nauseam, that the only person getting elected is a genocide supporting one and one of those is less dangerous than the other.

          How many times do you want to ask the same questions to get the same answer.

          I DONT SUPPORT GENOCIDE. I DO SUPPORT PALESTINE. ISRAEL IS AN APARTHEID STATE. WE THE PEOPLE ARE POWERLESS TO STOP IT. BIDEN OR TRUMP WILL WIN. BIDEN IS LESS FUCKING INSANE THAN TRUMP. BIDEN IS A GENOCIDE SUPPORTER.

          What more do you want me to say.

          I guess what hasn’t been said is you could get