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[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Abandon Harris over Gaza is 2024’s Kanye for president. This narrative is being pushed by the right and the fact that Trump asked Netanyahu to wait for a ceasefire until after the election is proof.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (33 children)

It’s pretty telling that they’re not critical of “kill them faster” trump.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

I’m sure they do

“Hey Cornel West what should happen to the people of Ukraine and Taiwan?”

“Irrelevant”

“Hey Cornel West what do you think will be the outcome for the Palestinians of people refusing to vote for Harris in this election?”

“Did I stutter? Besides if any are still alive in 2036 when we’ve built enough momentum to be competitive (*) and we win, then I’m sure they’ll be super grateful about how much better my policies are at that point”

(*) not really

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (62 children)

Because electing Trump would be soooo much better for Gaza...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/5/trump-says-israel-losing-pr-war-in-gaza-should-finish-war-fast

“I guess it makes them look tough. But to me, it doesn’t make them look tough. They’re losing the PR war. They’re losing it big. But they’ve got to finish what they started, and they’ve got to finish it fast, and we have to get on with life.”

Claudia De La Cruz and Cornell West aren't on the ballot in enough states to win a ham sandwich.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballot_access_in_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election

Stein technically is on the ballot in enough states to win, but she represents a party that continually hovers around 1% or less. The best the Greens have done was under Ralph Nader 24 years ago and is largely blamed for 8 years of George W. Bush.

Only 2 parties are on the ballot in all states, Democratic and Republican. The winner of the election will be from one of those two parties.

You help Harris win or you get a President who thinks Israel needs to wipe out Gaza faster.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (42 children)

"You've had two beers, I'm getting a ride home with tequila Tim."

"He just puked on himself and rinsed his mouth with three more shots!"

"Whatever. I might die and we might kill some randoms on the way home buy maybe you'll learn your lesson for next time!"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Well, fuck THAT noise.

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