• idiomaddict@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    Luckily the people in this article are making their voices heard, looking for a more progressive option. I think people will complain no matter who gets voted in, especially if a person they didn’t vote for won. But I don’t know that people who are voting against Biden because of Palestine will wish he had won if trump wins, I think they might wish Biden had taken this hint and acted differently, but that’s not the same thing.

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      9 months ago

      Luckily the people in this article are making their voices heard

      And if they’d done so in the primaries, that change might have done some good for Palestineans.

      But I don’t know that people who are voting against Biden because of Palestine will wish he had won if trump wins, I think they might wish Biden had taken this hint and acted differently, but that’s not the same thing.

      Not the same thing to us rich westerners, no. And it’s not the same to the Palestineans who would suffer worse with a trump presidency.

      This position makes zero sense. If you give a damn about Palestineans and the worse option wins, how could you not wish the better option had won?

      The folks considering not voting either don’t actually give a damn about Palestinean well being or are mind bogglingly counter productive.

      There is no universe in which someone is simultabeously: a) genuinely concerned about Palestineans B) considering not voting Biden because of Palestine and C) has at least the intelligence of a turnip.

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        9 months ago

        This is the primary.

        I don’t think you understand how bad things are under Biden- would you actually vote for someone under whose approval your relative thirsted to death? If so, congratulations on your compartmentalization ability. That would be essentially endorsing those actions and many, many people aren’t able to do that.

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          9 months ago

          This is the primary.

          Against an incumbent. The meaningful primaries were 2020, 2016.

          would you actually vote for someone under whose approval your relative thirsted to death?

          “My relative died, who cares if my choices actively make things worse for those who are still alive?”

          Sucks to have that sociopath as a relative I guess.

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              9 months ago

              I know! It is, at best, sociopathic to deliberately make things worse for people you claim to care about.

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                9 months ago

                Very clever. I mean that you are demonstrating no empathy for people who have lost a great deal.

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                  9 months ago

                  You’re infantalizing these people.

                  We both agree on these two facts right:

                  1. Trump would be worse for Palestineans.
                  2. Not voting helps trump.

                  So, the question really is do you think so little of these folks that you think they can’t comprehend those basic facts? Do you believe they are incapable of simple logic? Or do you think they are sociopaths? Or do you actually think they are disingenuous about their feelings for Palestineans?

                  Out of the two of us, I’m the only one dignifying these people as functional, albeit grieving, adults. If you’d ever had to deal with the mountains of paperwork following an unexpected death you’d know that grief doesn’t turn you into a child.

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                    9 months ago

                    We don’t agree on those two facts.

                    1. I don’t know if I truly believe there will be Palestinians by next January, so I don’t know if trump could be worse for them. If he takes office, he might be more enthusiastic, but I don’t think Netanyahu will stop as long as someone in the White House supports him. When Biden does it while holding his nose, it’s not less useful support.

                    2. Not voting may help trump or Biden, depending on your jurisdiction.