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[–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

I see it everywhere. I’d name drop but can’t “attack the user” in this community or whatever the rule is.

It’s almost at maga levels with these people. Any criticism of Biden is met with “Why do you want Trump to win”, “Bidens policies have been so good but no one knows about them”, or “The president can’t just do things”. I always see zero willingness to admit his huge flaws and only deflection.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Sometimes we hold our nose and vote. Because the alternative is so deeply problematic our moral judgement of one is dwarfed by the moral and practical horror of the other.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Sometimes we don't make excuses for enabling genocide, but I guess that moral and practical horror is a-okay to some.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Not voting against Trump is enabling even more genocide and the end of some women and minority rights so don't pretend like you've got the moral high ground if your refuse to vote because of the Democrats stance on Israel.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They absolutely have the moral highground. Fuck a president that enables genocide and funds it. Saying "oh don't be a single issue voter!" when the issue is "stop mass killings of people with a single phone call" is so out of this world, it's just insane.

    Time for a third party, plain and simple.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    If literal genocide cannot convince liberals to consider third parties, then I'm convinced they will never support third parties. This is the duopolies Sandy Hook moment. If you see Genocide A or Genocide B and don't seek a third option, you will never seek a third option.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok, those aren't the same thing as supporting him. I will admit I don't care for his policies, but they have been better than I expected, which is something. Also, yeah the president doesn't have the power to do that much alone. It requires congress to play a role, which the democrats don't have enough control in to do. Those are extremely valid things to say, and you can say them while still being critical of Biden. It sounds like you want people to only be critical of him, which is just as bad as only supporting him. We need to understand there's more beyond the one man or we will fail.

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  • [–] [S] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry, but defending someone from criticism and saying their policies are super amazing isn't supporting them?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Saying they're amazing is, but that's not what you said they said.

    Defending can be, but it isn't necessarily. I'll defend a lot of people or things that people are attacking for no reason. That said, defending someone from a legitimate critique is usually done out of support, but still sometimes it's done out of a feeling of necessity.

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