• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    17 days ago

    Yes, I am glad you keep up.

    I don’t believe we can afford Trump to win another term, and no, I am not blind to Harris’ issues either, but this is like comparing a fully rotten and moldy apple with a normal apple that happens to have bad bump on it.

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      17 days ago

      a normal apple that happens to have bad bump on it.

      It must be bait that you describe supporting an ongoing genocide as “a bad bump on a normal apple”. Come on, I never doubted that that’s what you really think of the people in the third world, but saying it out loud like that? If you want to be a good Harris propagandist, you’re going to need to do a better job of pretending you care about humans and it’s just such a shame that you can’t vote against genocide. That’s the way that you scoundrels vote shame properly, with crocodile tears and disavowal.

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        This has been the behavior for decades!

        Sure Kosovo, but at least he’s not the other guy!

        Sure Yemen, but at least he’s not the other guy!

        Sure Palestine, but at least he’s not the other guy!

        And yes, Republican Presidents have made HUGE mistakes with their international policies, but I hear about them ALL THE TIME! And for good reason. They should be held accountable.

        This sweeping under the rug because of “blue no matter who” mentality shares more similarity with right wing extremities than with normal people.

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          17 days ago

          They should be held accountable.

          I would like everyone to be held accountable. How does letting Trump win help the country? Is he going to hold them accountable for anything you’ve listed?

          This sweeping under the rug because of “blue no matter who” mentality shares more similarity with right wing extremities than with normal people.

          Keeping openly fascist tyrants out of power isn’t sweeping it under the rug.

          You act like preventing neoliberal dems from winning an election will “teach them a lesson” or “hold them accountable”. It won’t. Every time a Republican wins an election it pushes democrats further to the right in an attempt to be the reasonable centrists. Look at the last several decades and tell me that isn’t what happened. Corporate Democrats don’t get more brave and try to capture the leftist’s vote, they cower and try to claw more independents as the Republicans push more to the right.

          The answer isn’t to not vote or vote third party. The answer is to get involved and fucking make them more left. Be the third party and start local, protest, make your voice heard.

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        17 days ago

        Ok, when you are not even trying to argue in good faith, I am done.

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          Why the fuck would I argue with someone who minimizes genocide like that? It’s not like your rotten opinion means anything, and anyone else sees the shit you tried to pull comment 1.

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        17 days ago

        Ok, when you are not even trying to argue in good faith, I am done.

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          It’s entirely good faith. In order for your apple metaphor to be taken accurately, the severity of both candidates must be upheld. You are minimizing genocide.