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It's only "voting bad" if you only care about this one, single issue. Compared to Biden or Trump, Harris's platform includes a lot of things I really want, so I'm going to vote for her - not because I have to, but because I want to. Yes, I'd greatly prefer her stance on Gaza was different, but this is not a Biden situation where I'm voting for him because there's no other option. If you refuse to vote for someone because you don't like literally 100% of their platform, you'll never cast another vote in your life. I'm honestly kind of tired of this "If you vote democrat, you're supporting genocide!" stance; it's tired, reductionist, and not helpful to anyone. Even if you convince enough people to vote third party that Trump wins, does that help Gaza? No, it makes the situation worse.
Really, all those third party candidates are fine with Ukraine losing, as I understand it, so it's a specific killing that's bad.
This whole discourse reminds me of some pro-Bush Jr. Family members who were complaining during those elections that the fiscal plan they liked (which caused the crash in 2008, but whatever) had been tied to trying to appease the single issue voters who cared about limiting abortion and LGBTQIA+ rights. This all or noting stance about Gaza feels just as singularly focused as those wingnuts.