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Bernie Sanders to voters skipping presidential election over Israel: ‘Trump is even worse’
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I promise you, my protest against killing innocent people will have no effect on Trump winning. You might be seeing things in black and white.
Well in that case, despite my attempts to educate you, you're simply delusional, and I'm not saying that to insult you - I really want to help you see the bigger picture here - I'm saying it because you're suffering from delusion, and you're not seeing the world for what it is. You are so focused on "punishing" the dems for not blocking aid to Israel (and to that point, I strongly recommend you read the comment below at https://lemmy.nz/post/15784628/11773697 as to why it isn't as simple as you might think), that you're willing to throw away what could be a deciding vote - the polls right now are so even that even a few hundred votes in the right places could throw the election the other way. Perhaps you live in a solid blue state, where you expect Harris to win regardless of how you vote, but when you post comments such as yours on a public forum, other people are going to read them, and be influenced, and if your post makes someone stop and think 'hmm... you know what, I don't agree with Biden's actions, so I'm going to abstain and punish them', and those voters are in swing states, then your actions will have had consequences. Your anger is preventing you from being able to see the bigger picture.
As for your comment that I'm seeing things in black and white, you couldn't be further from the truth. I'm not even an American, so I literally have no vote here, but the outcome of this election will have global consequences that will impact me, and that's why I'm keen for common sense to prevail, and for Harris to win. That's why, all things considered, and despite objections I may have to Biden, or even Harris's policies as they impact the rest of the world, the alternative, where Trump wins another term, simply does not bear thinking about.
I promise you, my protest against killing innocent people will have no effect on Trump winning. You might be seeing things in black and white. I don't know why you can't take me at my word.
I'm not fond of a 'common sense' which allows for the killing of innocents. Can we please establish a 'common sense' which agrees that killing innocent people is wrong? Reducing harm is great, I agree, but not from a benchmark of 'still kill innocent people'. That is simply not acceptable.
Also, to some people 'common sense' is to vote for a fascist. It's what people want. If enough people want that in a democratic system, what are you going to do? 'Common sense' won't help, if it is 'common' enough to 'sense' that fascism is good.
Who exactly do you think is sending arms to Israel? Who is rubber stamping the budget? There are several actors involved in this dance including the Republican House of Representatives and the military industrial complex.
Russia is killing innocent people and will kill many more when Trump “ends the war in Ukraine” by giving Russia Ukraine. Trump will give Gaza and likely Lebanon to Netanyahu. So because innocent people have been killed you’re like whoa, guess I gotta step back and advocate for the terrible perspective of not voting at all, a stance that is supported by propaganda actors backing a Trump win.
Evil includes seeing evil being done and choosing to do nothing, and advocating for the side of doing nothing.
Agreed, and it is terrible that Dem politicians do that. It makes it hard to pick between the two parties when they both allow the killing of innocents to happen.
What do you want me to do? I can't vote in an election for a country which I am not a citizen, a country I've never even visited.
Your advocating for the side of doing nothing is evil.
I'm advocating to not kill innocent people. When it comes to killing innocent people, doing nothing (i.e not doing it) is good.