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State Department official resigns after Biden administration says Israel not blocking Gaza aid
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Everyone who votes for trump because they think he is better for Gaza than Biden really deserves Trump
Idk if anyone is saying they'll vote for trump over Biden because they think he will be better for genocide or for people in the states.
Saying Biden and the Democrats are enabling genocide and watching it happen is not the same thing as saying "we will vote for trump"
It's calling out people and hoping they do better.
But I guarantee you if Biden loses the election this November, all the pieces will be about why black and brown and Muslim voters didn't come out, rather than examining why an absolutely massive proportion of white people vote for trump and the Republicans at every turn even though they're destroying the country.
Oh they'll blame all the demographics they can. The youths. "Progressives". I doubt they'd go so far as to blame "wokeism" but I imagine some other made up demographic would apparate.
I mean I'm voting Biden in the fall, swing state and all. But still, The DNC needs a lot of overhaul for sure.
To be fair, the Muslims would have a pretty good excuse.
That isn't really an effective strategy to convince someone to vote for someone else. That just pushes someone further entrenching them into their view.
If we want anyone and everyone left of center to vote for Biden even though he's fucking up Gaza. We're going to have to convince them. Having that type of attitude only hurts us in the long run.
I'd suggest picking other issues to discuss where the average progressive/leftie would agree with the direction of the Democrats, esp where a Trump win would likely mean a severe worsening. The right to bodily autonomy, LGBT+ rights, student loan forgiveness, progressive tax brackets (that may be a stretch for importance to the morally disaffected, but still), unions. Democrats may not be the best on those topics, but they at least move things a couple ticks in the right direction in the face of the alternative, which would be a very fast reversal of those gains (see recent supreme court rulings for evidence of that).
Just my $.02
Why do you think Im trying to convince anyone? People who are not convinced now that Trump is a fascist are completely lost and trying to reason with them is a lost cause. Same with people who vote for the fascist party AfD in my country. All we can try is to fight against these people at every point attempting to make them hide in shame again instead of publicly puking out their shit.
America deserves Trump. Period.
Y’all love your violence outside your borders. How about within?
No, we don't. We aren't all meatheads, thanks.
Frankly, I'd feel better about it if we could just have the violence at home instead of at other people's places.
I actually don't love violence anywhere. Outside or inside our borders. I've voted every election since I became eligible. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be enough.