Time to consider kicking the US out of the UN. They never respect it when a ruling goes against them anyway, so let's just drop the charade that they are members in good faith. (A few other nations need the same treatment, for sure.)
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
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“bUt HaRrIs SuPpOrTs GeNoCiDe”
Has Harris publicly condemned any of Trump's actions on Gaza? Silence is complicity.
It's typically against decorum for the previous administration to judge the current one.
Trump was/is just an asshole which is why he had no problem doing it.
Well they sure showed her! Now, it's time to collect the reward for punishing the Democrats.
That'll teach em.
The headline is misleading. Trump is continuing a Biden-era decision.
The U.S. was UNRWA's biggest donor - providing $300 million-$400 million a year - but Biden paused funding in January 2024 after Israel accused about a dozen UNRWA staff of taking part in the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas that triggered the war in Gaza.
I definitely don't like it, but this isn't your leopards eating faces moment either.
Exactly. People are simply naively assuming that the Democrat is automatically better for Gaza. In reality, the actual policy differences between Kamala and Trump on Gaza are minimal. Trump is just a lot ruder about it.
Hell, there's no guarantee Harris was going to get that ceasefire in Trump's place so there's a real argument that Trump was better for Gaza.
and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA,
Maybe we should have went after the anti-genovide vote instead making sure the only two options in such an important race were pro-genocide?
Like, you know that was always an option right?
And so is not making trumpian level comments taunting people about an ongoing genocide?
Jill Stein was the third party, right? At least the biggest. The one who went for dinner with putin?
Why does that make it ok to have been forced into a dem candidate who was:
Pro-fracking
Pro-border wall
Pro-genocide
Pro-corporations
Without a primary?
Every vote Jill Stein got was due to a failure of the DNC and Biden/Kamala.
And they cost us a lot more that just didn't vote.
Sure. Dont vote. Dont try anything at all! let the status quo continue. Or maybe, slide even further to the right
No one is advocating for people not voting...
I'm saying the DNC needs to start letting voters decide who makes it to the general via a fair primary to maximize our chances of stopping fascism.
Do you understand the difference?
Absolutely, I understand the difference and I agree.
Reality unfortunately didnt pan out that way.
Are you implying overall trump is the best result, given the options of harris, trump, stein?
But if you understand...
Why are you making trumpian jokes about an ongoing genocide?
Why aren't you blaming the people who are actually the problem?
… what? Do you think its going to improve under trump?
But why are you punching down on people whose family was already victims of a genocide and continued to be in that?
Like, it would be just as bad as under Kamala, as I quoted in my very first reply:
and continue a halt to funding for the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA,
Biden had already cut off funding and refused to reinstate it after it was discovered the reason they were cut off was fabricated by Israel....
Regardless of who won, they were fucked.
So what exactly was your comment about if not punching down at all those people?
Its a sarcastic comment on trump. you are reading a lot into it.
and youre ignoring half of my comments
Its a sarcastic comment on trump
I can't possibly see how...
“bUt HaRrIs SuPpOrTs GeNoCiDe”
How is trump saying he'll continue a Biden policy decision a sarcastic comment on him when Kamla couldn't shut up about how she also wouldn't deviate from Bidens's policy positions on the genocide?
Like, it's literally true in this case, trump Biden, and Kamala would have all been the same on this issue.
okay dokey friend. good luck with this administration
So you can't explain how your comment is what you claim using logic?
Because I can't see a scrap in what your claiming
Edit:
I mean. When confronted with questions like this, most trumpets also use a vague claim of "sarcasm" or "just a joke bro" and then are completely incapable of explaining how that could be true...
So I guess I shouldn't expect any more from some "joking" about an ongoing genocide like it's not a serious topic.
Where are you getting a “logical comment” from my obvious sarcasm?
harris would have been better for palestine than trump.
Its been what, a week? Im not american - yall got four years to go. So, good luck!