Muslim voters disillusioned with President Biden’s position on Israel are facing the prospect of a difficult choice in 2024.

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    No they don’t.

    Same as everyone else, they can choose between a moderate and a fascist.

    Everyone has issues they don’t want moderation on. That doesn’t mean they are stupid enough to back a person who explicitly says they want to ban them.

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      They can also just be less enthused and a few may not vote. They don’t even need to decide not to vote - they can intend to, but with an additional logistical hurdle, it ceases to be something they do.

      I’m not going to fight to vote if I think both candidates are happy to see me (and people like me) dead. And while Biden wrings his hands at the “jumanitarian” toll, it really looks like it’s the political one that has his attention.

      People will have legitimate feelings about that and we as Americans are not entitled to Muslims voting against Trump. Even if we desperately need it.

      If we do desperately need it, we’ll need to earn it.

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        I just think voting for someone who called for a full and complete ban on your religion entering the country absolves anyone of taking your position seriously in the future.

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        You say we as if “we” and Muslims are separate. We are all the same. We don’t have to earn Muslim votes. Our party needs to earn all of our votes. Just because they have a specific issue in world politics right now doesn’t make them any different than so many sub groups within the democrat party.

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        Nope. Like most things in the continued enshitification of life, the bleeding must be stopped before the wound may be closed. Voting for the lesser Evil is as required.

        Every Election, no excuses.

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      The moderate in question being Genocide Joe? The bigger problem to me seems to be why the DNC is incapable of producing an actual viable candidate.

      Edit: you can downvote to your hearts content, as long as you eventually come to the realization that we’re headed nowhere nice regardless of how much we “vote blue no matter who”. The GOP has made their position clear beyond a doubt. The DNC has followed that up by crippling Bernie for having hints of socialism to him when he actually had a good shot of winning, leading us to Trump. Biden was never wanted by anyone, even before this went down. He won solely on the basis of not being Trump, and is currently being hated for his own stances. And still we all know the DNC won’t put up another candidate in 2024. Why? Are they not worried about Trump? Do they give a shit about the state of the country at all beyond maybe winning votes and securing donors? And even then the votes apparently matter less than the donors.

      When you’ve got one party openly calling for fascism and the other party barely pulling the breaks on it, it doesn’t take a lot to realize where you’ll probably end up.

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        I keep seeing this nickname pop up but nobody seems to be able to tell me who Joe Biden has committed genocide against. The only Joe I know that’s committed genocide is Stalin.

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          It may not be considered genocide, but Biden supported the Iraq war and other efforts which caused a lot of civilian deaths estimated to be well over 100,000.

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            You mean the war that was supported by virtually the entirety of Congress and the Senate, up to and including Bernie Sanders? That war?

            They got fucking lied to and made a bad decision based on bad information. How is that anyone other than the Bush administrations fault?

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              Sanders didn’t vote for the Iraq War. There were members that knew it was a big lie. So now we should feel bad for Joe Biden… poor guy was misled and lied to. By your logic, I should vote for any candidate… heck, I could vote for Trump, cause maybe poor Trump is just surrounded by people lying to him and he shouldn’t take any responsibility for anything. Seriously, how many times are the corporate Democrats going to play the… “Who coulda known game?”

              Let’s approve this bill for a trillion dollars… oh, there was one person overseeing it and the President had authorization to fire them… hm, “Who coulda known?” You know it isn’t a good look when your excuses for your party is that they were too inept at the time to do their job.

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        You said it better than I could. I tried. Biden didn’t win because people like him. If they can’t put forward another inspiring candidate soon, then there is a good chance Trump will get re-elected. I don’t think the DNC even cares as long as it isn’t a progressive candidate. Then in 4 more years they can say, well if you don’t vote for our candidate you’ll get worse. Rinse & repeat.

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          Exactly. It’s just depressing when you actually sit down and realise that if nothing else drastically changes (which it won’t just by voting) we’re pretty much guarenteed to slide into whatever shit the GOP is willing to orchestrate due to the DNC’s stance. We’ve basically got fascism and fascism-on-pause as our only options when it comes to voting. Obviously one still feels preferable to the other (nobody would claim otherwise), but take a look at the big picture and realize how screwed everything is if all we have to depend on is “voting blue no matter who” while hoping the blue’s own shitty (in this case outright murderous) stances haven’t managed to discourage enough people to stay home once again.

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            I’m optimistic but in other ways. I’m optimistic that people will wake up to the manipulation taking place on both sides, and start a movement that encourages education and self-awareness. Even then, we are pretty defenseless against AI and those that may control it, but at least we will have some insight into how easily we are manipulated.

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    This is all media-manufactured crisis. Same as “Democrats are in deep trouble. Republicans will win in a landslide in 2022 elections”.

    The choice every American is facing is:

    1. Functioning government with compromises to overcome a difficult situation

    OR

    1. Full blown fascism and end of democracy.

    Any republican win will be the last fair election we will ever see in this country before turning into Russia-style elections farce. Take a look at what republicans are doing in Ohio and Virginia ahead of next week’s elections.

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      This is all media-manufactured crisis. Same as “Democrats are in deep trouble. Republicans will win in a landslide in 2022 elections”.

      I agree with you in this case, but in all fairness, based on past cycles, Democrats were likely to be in trouble at that particular time. If not for the actions of grassroots orgs in individual states working really hard on shoestring budgets, the DNC would have totally flubbed it.

      They stand upon the shoulders of those who really care and see the existential threat we face. If we can survive this, the DNC’s days are numbered, too.

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    Lol, the guy who literally instituted the Muslim ban or the guy who actually talks about being concerned for Gaza Human Rights and just doesn’t want to lose the Jewish vote. Golly, tough call 🙄

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          You probably don’t interact with the people who will vote for him. Those 91 counts are 91 badges of honor for them. 91 “I stand against the liberals that are attacking me unfairly.” 91 reasons for “you to come vote and help me save America.”

          We live in a fractured reality by design. When two sides don’t even exist within the same set of facts you’ll never reach the “other side.” :(

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          It’s possible. People said he couldn’t win in 2016. I don’t want him to win. I voted against him twice and if he’s nominated I’ll do it again but if you say he has no chance then you’re just kidding yourself.

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    Muslims refusing to vote for Biden is like taking themselves hostage. You know if Trump gets elected he will try to deport them, inspire more hate crimes against them, and would be way worse for Palestinians.

    Biden isn’t the problem. The problem is that both parties support Israel.

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      Another problem with not voting is, in my eyes, the same as voting for your least preferred choice. Basically not voting is voting for the other guy.

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      The problem is the two-party system and that we don’t have ranked choice voting. The DNC would rather a Republican win than to see an inspiring progressive win. People voted for Biden in 2020 because it was either him or Trump, but I believe a lot of people expected the DNC to take note and make changes to ensure their voices were heard. Instead, it seems like the DNC took that as a message that Biden is well liked and that they didn’t even need another candidate. If Trump gets elected in 2024, it will be the DNC’s fault and the DNC’s fault alone. Don’t go blaming the progressives, Muslims, or whoever else.

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    I understand and sympathize with their disappointment, but voting Republican would be even worse. The issue at hand is that both parties are pro-Israel.

    It would be nice if the Democratic party wasn’t simply the “less bad” choice for Muslims (and various POC) on some policies.

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      I think the loudest proPalestine voices are Democratic. That in and of itself offers at least some choice on the matter.

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      I understand and sympathize with their disappointment, but voting Republican would be even worse.

      Check my post history. There are people who understand this and are perfectly OK with it. The logic behind it is truly baffling, but there are apparently a number of people willing to cut their own noses off to spite their face, and news reports back that up.

      Why people think that Trump would be any better for the people of Gaza is beyond me, but people who think that way exist.

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    You mean the same Trump that wants to try again to institute a Muslim ban? Head of the party that wants to deport Palestinian people? The same guy that has 4 indictments and like 98 felony counts? We have a real constitutional crisis on our hands and if the GOP gets control again, they will NEVER relinquish it.

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        I have a gay family member that voted for Trump and will vote again, not even because of our domestic issues but because he has a hard stance about Israel and Palestine…

        So… Offer yourself up for sacrifice so that people that you have no connection to might possibly maybe who knows could maybe be handled differently by a president who…(checks notes) doesn’t give 2 shits about anything but money and himself…

        I love my family, but man ignorance is really something…

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          I don’t understand how people can not only vote against their own interests but vote for people who are openly hostile towards them. It boggles the mind.

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    The guy who wants to send brown people “back where they came from” vs the old Guy that actually seems to like brown and black folks, I’m not really seeing where they would possibly be disillusioned, but hey, a lot of people seem to be terminally stupid, and most of those stupid people like to tell us who they are by their red MAGA hats and shitty bumper stickers.

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    It’s a two horse race and no one can say that voting Republican will help Palestinians. If people vote for a protest against Biden then their vote is lost and the Republicans have a win. The same if people decide that they won’t vote. It’s still a win for the Republicans.

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    LoL… Biden, the guy who’s supportive of pretty much all middle eastern countries that aren’t maniacal death cults, or Trump who literally banned all Muslims from America.

    Do y’all think Trump would deport them all to Gaza or to Geneva by mistake?

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    If anyone aside from white upper class males vote for trump, they’re certifiably a moron.

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      Calling them a moron might feel good but it doesn’t really get us any closer to keeping Trump out of the white house. He won once and I think it’s definitely possible he could win again.

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        …did I somehow suggest that i was trying to be productive with that statement?

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            It did, I set out to let it be known that I think these people are morons and so far its been a great success. A couple minor setbacks, but nothing we can’t overcome!

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      People shouldn’t vote for genocide. If your choice is between Hitler and Satan it’s ok to not vote, or heaven forbid, support a third party.

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        Every election year I hear about this magical 3rd party that will save us from our shit choices. The only thing a third party would do is split democratic voters, leading to even more republican wins. Despite what left leaning media bubbles say, Republicans are not unhappy. They don’t want a 3rd party for themselves and they will keep voting R until the grim reaper rips them from this plane of existence.

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        Abstention and 3rd party choices are indirect support for the candidate you’d least prefer.

        Both choices might be a shit sandwich, but the US system just doesn’t support not eating one, so it might as well be the one you’d rather than the alternative.

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          I wonder if Democrats are gonna realize that eventually people get to the point where they will no longer eat shit.

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            Yeah then they switch to eating the douche, then switch back to the turd. It’s just a constant flip flop between the worst choices cause the electoral college and fptp voting we use are a cluster fuck that leads to terrible results and nobody except the wealthy getting what they want. Because people can’t be bothered with understanding cause and effect of actions and policies because the people on the tv told them what to think already.

            And then Republicans cut taxes to rich again.

            And then democrats don’t do or can’t do anything again

            And the Republicans raise taxes for everyone else

            And then democrats still do nothing except maybe hint at giving us free health care

            And the Republicans repeal climate change bills

            And the democrats still do nothing but act like maybe they might legalize weed even though they wont

            And then a school gets shot up

            And then no one cares

            And then Republicans are elected

            And then democrats are elected

            And on and on the world turns and we confirm time is just a flat circle where we do the same thing over and over again until we all die or start a revolution and then watch the same cycle repeat just with new names.

            Everyone constantly bickering over stupid shit not realizing the real issues are caused by the people high up in the ivory towers holding all the wealth and resources

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          A popular sentiment, but not among historians.

          Third party voting in US politics has resulted in numerous labor and civil rights. women’s suffrage, social security, 8 hour workday, etc.

          Just another time when academia conflicts with your typical op-ed. A third party vote is probably the most powerful one you can make.

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            In the 2024 presidential race, if anyone who would otherwise vote for Biden, from any state that is not 100% safe, chooses not to over basically any issue(s), they improve the odds of an R, with a worse stance on that issue, winning the election. Ideology can take a long walk off a short pier when sobering reality comes knocking.

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              Your assumptions are doing a lot of work here.

              It’s an entirely different strategy:

              A) I’ll vote for you no matter what you do!

              Versus

              B) You must earn my vote.

              The progressive policies I outlined above became law because the two major parties grew tired of losing close races, and decided to earn some third party votes.

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                “Earn my vote” is the bullshit mentality that led to Trump being president. Fuck all of that. R’s are batshit, and if someone doesn’t commit a vote that can matter against them, that person’s part of the problem when R’s win.

                There is literally NO issue where someone who would normally vote for Biden has a better option under any realistic R candidate.

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                  Rather than shaming people into eating shit, perhaps you could shame Biden into supporting a policy that has popular support in swing states.

                  Keep in mind that most low income people were materially better off under Trump, whose pandemic policies resulted in the lowest childhood poverty rate since the 90s. (These welfare policies were cancelled or expired under Biden.) So a Biden preference, if it exists, may not be as strong as you assume.

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          Plus, Republicans work really hard to prevent people from voting in the first place. By not voting, you do the very thing they want.

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        I’m sure the people whose lives are destroyed by Republican fuckery will appreciate your principled stance.

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            I’m sure you actually believe you’re making a morally superior choice, but I disagree. Your sanctimony has no basis.

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    No, they don’t. Being Muslim does not make a Person stupid. They can be stupid, certainly, but it isn’t because they are Muslim that they must face their stupidity.

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      This article says that a higher percentage of Muslims voted for Trump in 2020 than did in 2016. Is it really far fetched to think that percentage could continue to rise?

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        And their stupidity had nothing to do with being Muslim. I can assure you that stupidity runs deep through much of the Human species.

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          Okay, so then why wasn’t there an even distribution of this stupidity?

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              Demographics across the spectrum of humanity.

              Trump didn’t see a general increase of votership across the board, or he would have won, right? So it seems silly to hand wave it away as just “humans being stupid”.

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                That presupposes they are independent factors. The more likely case rather, is that certain demographics attract stupid people. Trump famously said, “I love the poorly educated!” When a choice is involved, such as trump/Biden or dem/rep, we don’t need to see an even distribution of the population within those choices. With religion, often the smarter you are the better chance of you self selecting out of religion.

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                  So you’re saying that their being stupid is more likely to cause them to be Muslim?

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                "Evil or Stupid? I’m not sure which is more dangerous. "
                “Stupid! Evil only gets uppity every once in a while. Stupid is with you 24/7.”

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        It’s because people see Trump as a chance to make America a theocracy… and well, both Christians and Muslims have traditionally been keen on theocracies for some reason.

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            My opinion is people wishing for theocracies are merely using religion as an excuse for control. Kind-hearted religious people adapt their religious views. Mean-spirited ones hide behind their religion as an excuse to do bad things.

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              I think there’s more here at play than theocracy. I don’t know why more Muslims supported Trump the second time around but something is causing them to support someone who has a track record of being hostile to them.

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    im sure they’ll love the two right wing supreme court justices that are likely to come up in the next four years