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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Yeah, you're right. I'm sure the Democrats would not have supported Israel in Iran, same as how they didn't support Israel in Yemen, or in Lebanon, or in Gaza, or in Syria, or in...

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    If Kamala had won, I (trans latina) would not have had to flee the US. But they're both the exact same amirite? (I'm honestly a little grateful for that. The US is trash. I'm never moving back)

    Edit: my point is that people are literally fleeing the US because it's a sinking ship. Under Kamala, immigration and tourism wouldn't have changed much

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    ...Here's a thought exercise for you: The year is 2028, Trump is running for a third term, and the Dem ticket is... IDK, Newsom/Buttigieg or whatever, and the big thinkers of the DNC have come up with a foolproof plan to steal away MAGA voters: they will agree with exterminating trans people, but! BUT! will firmly, and I mean FIRMLY stand behind gay marriage. And you're trying to explain that both of those choices are unacceptable to you, and in response are met with an avalanche of mockery because "sure, yeah, one side wants gay marriage banned, but they’re both the exact same amirite?"

    Seriously, though, best of luck. Not to assume stuff about your situation, but getting out sooner rather than later sounds like a good move.

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  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    You're doing the leftist reductive thing so complex issues become a simplistic "it's all the system, man..."

    This doesn't make you look as clever as you think it does. It'll eventually turn you into a conspiracy nut where everything is because of "them". Please make an effort to stay on topic.

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  • [+] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)
  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Do you deny that Iran is committing genocide. Then you're the genocide denialist!

    Or maybe we shouldn't weaponize the word genocide and discuss serious issues like adults instead of playing word games?

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  • [+] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah pretty much. Which is a little disturbing because with the waters so muddied, it makes it difficult to know when these things are really happening.

    It's already a problem when you say a country is fascist because the reply is often "well people call everything fascist now." And they aren't wrong.

    Soon it will be "people call everything a genocide now." The power of these words are getting diluted by attention seekers. It's becoming a word that no longer grabs attention anymore.

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