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Biden isn't committing genocide though, neither is the US. Israel is doing it. The US has prior agreements to support its allies and a vested interest in protecting trade in the area, but it is not actively participating in Israel's genocide. Claiming the US is responsible for Israel's actions is like claiming the US is responsible for Saudi Arabia's blockade and subsequent famine in Yemen, or like claiming NATO is responsible for the war in Ukraine.
It's a common tactic of fascist communist regimes to try and bring the US or NATO into things they're only tangentally related to, when ironically they are no more related than the accusers.
Yes, Biden and the US should be taking a harder stance against Israel, but be careful not to devolve it into fascist talking points.
Dude. If you give a guy a missile and he drops it on civilians, then asks for more missiles….. and then you give him more missiles.
You are the one committing genocide.
Biden and the United States is engaged in genocide. If you believe otherwise you are not living in reality.
The United States is engaged in multiple genocides.
And yet, when I've brought up this one, a genocide entirely perpetrated by Republicans, three times over the past two days, it's either been ignored or denied.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_genocide#United_States
While I do have a few friends who are trans, I don’t know enough about the issue to comment very much.
I do know the republicans are bigoted towards trans, same with many religious groups, and that trans are targets of crime way more often than other groups….
I would argue instead that while genocide is happening in the US, that doesn't mean it is directly enacted by the US government, ie the White House.
Meanwhile, under Trump, ICE were actively perfoming involuntary hysterectomies on immigrant detainees - a textbook form of genocide by a Federal agency directed by the White House.
The US is quircky in that there are many layers of government. Certain layers are indeed genocidal, but they're not in charge of the entire country. The US government is in charge of the country, State governments are a lower authority.