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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Extreme leftism is when you have a bedrock principle or two that you refuse to compromise on. Centrism is when everything, even genocide, is negotiable.

[–] GreenKnight23 -1 points 1 month ago (11 children)

really great how you made a net negative sound like a positive, when in reality Leftists are just hyper focused on a facet of a larger problem and completely ignore the bigger picture because it doesn't make them feel warm and fuzzy.

that's fine. Genocide is acceptable by Leftists too if it's Muslims.

btw, where was the leftist outrage for the millions of Wygers in China? not brown enough? not convenient enough during an election?

so what makes lefties IGNORE Wyger persecution in china?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Leave aside for a moment the argument we might have about what is happening in China... What the fuck would I be able to do about that? Do I vote in China? Do my tax dollars fund their military?

[–] LwL -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And american voters also didn't get to do anything about the palestinian genocide because there were two choices and pretending there were more is delusional at best. And the choice was between a party unwilling to take a strong stance against it vs a party actively encouraging it and saying they'd help. While also openly wanting to genocide minority groups in their own country.

Well, there is a third choice. It's the centrist choice of either not voting or voting for an irrelevant party, equivalent to saying "let the others decide".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just stop trying to paint the dems as "unwilling to take a strong stance against it" when they were absolutely "actively encouraging it". What is with this liberal disease of totally ignoring actions while obsessing over words?

You think I've opted out of a decision, but I think you've opted in to accepting genocide. How can you accept such a thing? The absolute minimum you should demand of your party is that they oppose genocide. Otherwise, what is the fucking point?

[–] LwL 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When there are 2 choices and you choose neither that is opting out of a decision, and nothing else. It's throwing your hands up and saying "well i cant change it anyway, let's just do nothing".

Also, stop pretending like trumps and kamalas stances are identical. They're not. Trump is right up there with netanyahu in seeing palestinians as subhuman.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If you say you support a ceasefire, but you refuse to stop sending weapons to Israel, then you don't actually support a ceasefire, and the only rational conclusion is that you actually support the genocide. The difference between the Harris and Trump stances are that one of them lies about their motivations.

If there are "two choices", both of which support genocide, then there is actually only one choice. I did not opt out of any decision. I registered a vote of no confidence.

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