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Americans: Never, EVER question again how Hitler came to power in 1933 Germany (self.leopardsatemyface)

submitted 1 week ago by Treczoks to c/leopardsatemyface

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Because you now did it to yourself.

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[–] Maalus 1 points 1 week ago (11 children)

"feels driven point" as if I don't have coworkers and friends in Gaza who are living through the hell that Israel, and by extension the US put them through. That's why "she's not Trump" isn't a good strategy. Fuck "other stances" - I care about them right now. Saying I should stop and "deal with it" is like walking up to a grieving family and telling them they should "deal with it" that their child is dead. You call it "a trap" you call it "stupid" when in reality it is an important issue to some people, just not you. So keep going on about how people are idiots, when it is 100% on the candidate to say "we need to stop what's happening there". And when the polls came back and it turns out "oh hey that gets us votes, lemme say that!" she immediately flipped 180, two days before the election.

People like you like to quote the "First they came..." poem like the first line isn't "First they came for the Palestinians".

[–] Drivebyhaiku -4 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Okay... And what did you do here to move the needle on the Gaza issue? Holding your breath and turning blue feels like a moral high ground sure. But what did you actually do?

[–] Maalus 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I work with people in need and I send humanitarian aid. I'm doing what I am able to do, exhausting my savings and putting my future on the line for them. What did you actually do?

[–] Drivebyhaiku -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And that's great on a personal level, but what did it do in terms of this choice where Gaza was not featured but the possibility of a second genocide on your doorstep or the death of the democratic process that protects your right to protest and send that aid at all was being happily speculated on?