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lets stop thinking guys (thelemmy.club)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 5 months ago (13 children)

Damn didn’t know people standing up to genocide are the reason we are still letting Israel genocide people. TIL.

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago (12 children)

    The people who "stood up" to genocide allowed the ones who genocide MORE into power. Good job!

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    The people who “stood up” to genocide allowed the ones who genocide MORE into power.

    Is there any point at which you think we should draw the line in supporting our own party, even if the other party is still worse?

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  • [+] -7 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Yes, but by that point both would be so ridiculously evil that there's nothing left to do but burn the whole thing down.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Oh so you can never hold anybody to a higher standard since there’s always someone worse out there. Interesting. Must be miserable always settling in life.

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    You can indeed! But voting in the horribly broken US system is about harm reduction.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Just like Biden, voting in Harris would have been harm reduction in the short term, and harm multiplication in the long term. She would have continued to do nothing to address the treason that Republicans committed, and she would have done nothing to mitigate the terror that the next Republican president would bring. The only way voting for conservative Democrats is harm reduction is if no Republican ever wins an election again, and Republicans are going to win some elections.

    The biggest difference if Harris had won is that Republicans would win in 2028, and they would have a competent fascist in the Oval Office. We need democrats who will fight Republicans, not just delay them.

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  • [+] -7 points 5 months ago

    Oh so you can never hold anybody to a higher standard

    Literally no one said that. You're saying that to try to make your point stand, which it doesn't.

    there’s always someone worse out there

    Sure is. Now they're in power and things really aren't going well.

    Must be miserable always settling in life.

    It's called being an adult. A big part of being an adult is damage control. Welcome to reality, it's far from perfect and sometimes you have to choose the path of least destruction.

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