• halyk.the.red
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    2822 days ago

    They’re using synpathy towards people suffering genocide to try and coral people to the polls. I’ve seen this before. What happened with Roe V Wade? Why are kids still in cages at the border? Why is minimum wage still so low?

    Madam Vice President, too little has been done on issues that were previously promised. I cannot take these people at their word.

    Want my vote? End support now. It’s been a year of genocide with you at the right hand of Biden. All those lives lost happened on your watch. I will not be duped into voting for someone who has been complicit in commiting genocide, who is now promising to stop that same genocide because it happens to coincide with their political goals.

    I will not support a genocide, on the promise of it being ended, only to wake up on January 21st just to hear 'Well, the situation is more complicated than just simply ending support, but I vow…!"

    You’ve had a year to end it, and too little has been done to stop it. I will not vote for a genocidal candidate. I will not say that I support genocide by voting for these people. I will not be an accomplice.

    It’s sickening to think that they probably allowed the genocide to continue just to use it as a carrot to lead people to the ballot box, all the while lining the pockets of the military industrial complex.

    Fuck off with your promises, you’re in the White House now.

    • @[email protected]
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      4522 days ago

      Cool, just have a couple quick questions you can maybe help me out with:

      1. How exactly does a Harris loss benefit Palestine? Serious question. If she loses, Trump wins, and he is very vocally supportive of Israel. I get how this helps bolster a narrative, but how does this help Palestinians?

      2. How is what you’re doing any different from using sympathy towards people suffering genocide to try to influence voters? Serious question. If leveraging the tragedy in Palestine to corral people to vote a certain way is bad, why are you doing it right now?

        • halyk.the.red
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          822 days ago

          I’ll respond when it’s convenient for me, but I appreciate your patience.

      • halyk.the.red
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        822 days ago
        1. The Palestinians are fucked either way. Either the party that enabled the genocide will stay in power, or a party will take over that everyone agrees will be worse.

        2. My stance on genocide will not change. There’s a good chance that the dems will use the genocide as a carrot to get voters to the polls, and then move the goalposts later. They’re leveraging genocide for political gain, I’m just against genocide.

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          Then you should be trying to prevent the guy who wants all the genocides from getting elected. But you’re not. Which is why no one believes you’re here in good faith.

          • halyk.the.red
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            521 days ago

            I don’t care what others believe, they’re voting to support genocide. The only control I have in this situation is to not actively support those commiting genocide. Everything else is out of my control.

            • @[email protected]
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              421 days ago

              Your options are “Genocide, but might be talked into dialing it back if politically viable” vs “More genocide, for genocide’s sake”

              All you achieve by not supporting the first is making the second more likely. If you think Bibi’s dictator-loving buddy is better for Gaza than the career politician doing career politician things during a close election, you are an enemy of Palestine.

              After the election when AIPAC loses their leverage, Harris could come around. Trump will double down. I’m voting against doubling down, are you?

              • halyk.the.red
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                521 days ago

                Genocide is going to happen regardless, the only option I see as viable is to not throw my support behind the parties pushing for it. Harris could come around, sure, but I’m not going to bet on it and I refuse to support it.

                • @[email protected]
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                  421 days ago

                  You do realize that “Palestine’s fucked anyway, it’s more important to impotently virtue signal that I’m upset about it than to do something which might actually help them in any way” is absolutely sociopathic take that cements you as an enemy of Palestine, right?

                  • halyk.the.red
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                    521 days ago

                    This is about voting for genocidal candidates, and has nothing to do with private donations or contributions to the Palestinians. I can donate to the cause to help them with food, water, and medical supplies and not vote for genocide.

    • @[email protected]
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      4022 days ago

      Virtue signalling about genocide and letting the ‘genocide to the max’ guy win will show the Palestinian people how much you care for their plight.

      • halyk.the.red
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        1022 days ago

        I didn’t create the situation, I’m just reacting to it. Feel free to tell your kids and grandkids that, when given the choice, you actively supported a genocide.

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          2022 days ago

          You’re actively supporting genocide.

          It’s very obvious to absolutely everyone that allowing Trump to win will produce the worst possible outcome for palestinians.

          I honestly feel sorry for you. I think there’s a strong possibility your own kids and grandkids will be asking you about this time in history, and I suspect you’re going to realise in future how silly this “do x or I won’t vote for you” position is.

          • halyk.the.red
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            522 days ago

            By virtue of birthplace, we are all supporting it. The only control I have in this situation is to not actively support the people who are saying they will give support to a genocidal regime. Also saying “Don’t commit genocide or I won’t vote for you” really should not be the controversial take that it’s become.

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              The only control I have in this situation is stand by and implicitly support/not oppose the people who are saying they will genocide even harder abroad and bring the genocide home so I can keep my moral high ground.

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              Would you like me to make a pdf with some words and some awful photos of what palestine would look like with a Trump supported Netanyahu?

              You realise that Netanyahu wants you to abstain from voting right?

              Russia, China, Israel, all understand that they can’t get you to vote for Trump, so they’ve been pouring many millions of dollars into manipulating your good self into not voting.

              In the article from this post Sanders explains in great detail why Harris is the most likely to negotiate a cease fire. Is that what you would like?

              If you refuse to vote for Harris you’re actively supporting genocide.

          • halyk.the.red
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            722 days ago

            I am already complicit by virtue of birthplace, that doesn’t mean I have to take an active role in supporting the lesser evil.

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              Then you’ve chosen to support the greater evil.

              You can hate the two party system all you want, but it’s the reality we live in.

              • halyk.the.red
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                521 days ago

                It is the reality we live in, and I’m not happy about it as much as the next guy. I refuse to give my support to any candidate who is saying they’ll support a genocidal regime. The rest is out of my control.

                • WhatTrees
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                  821 days ago

                  Wrong. You are given some amount of control with your vote. You could choose to do something and are instead choosing to do nothing. You are choosing to abrogate your control.

                  • halyk.the.red
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                    521 days ago

                    As voting is not required, I have not abrogated. I am doing something, I am using discretion to withhold support of genocidal candidates.

    • SkavarSharraddas
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      3622 days ago

      “If I can’t have zero genocide then I don’t care to vote against the candidate that is very likely to be even worse.”

      Especially with only two candidates with a chance of winning, a vote doesn’t mean unconditional support for everything that candidate wants. Sucks, but if you want to make your wishes known more specifically, you have to do more than just vote (if even that) and complain on the internet.

      • @[email protected]
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        1122 days ago

        They voted against both, dont be mad your candidate was so shit she couldnt clear a ‘dont genocide’ hurdle from a voter. Thats not either your faults or problems its Harris’ problem.

        • SkavarSharraddas
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          1222 days ago

          The current system (or voter inertia) doesn’t allow you to vote against both. One of them will win, your only decision is which one you want (or despise less). If your vote doesn’t threaten their win, then when you vote for neither you’re voting for the winner.

          • @[email protected]
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            1122 days ago

            The current system (or voter inertia) doesn’t allow you to vote against both.

            false premise.

            One of them will win,

            Yes.

            your only decision is which one you want (or despise less).

            false conclusion.

            If your vote doesn’t threaten their win, then when you vote for neither you’re voting for the winner.

            Man, you’re a mental pretzel. please re-read your statement a few times. think really hard on what you just said. come back when you realize how that statement works both ways and is beautiful nonsense.

            • SkavarSharraddas
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              You agreed that either Trump or Harris will win. Your vote can only threaten one of them, by voting for the other or an alternative candidate. Same with not voting, the winner won’t care about your missing vote.

              That means no action you take in the election will harm both candidates, ergo there is no way to vote against both of them.

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                That means no action you take in the election will harm both candidates, ergo there is no way to vote against both of them.

                mmmm. does it though? you think the goal is to harm one of their campaigns. its not. the goal is to do two things:

                1. ensure when harris gets into office shes bloodied enough in the deep blue states to know she needs to work with bernie and ideally you know not commit a genocide.
                2. ensure if trump wins that the democrats control both houses.

                you can read my post history. I’ve been very clear on this goal. its the only reason I’m wasting my time atm doing this along with other activities the last 4 months I’d really rather not be wasting my time with. like composing emails to my critters reminding them my vote for them is at risk if the genocide continues.

                What amazes me is individuals like yourself won’t even put an ounce of effort into helping Palestinians. just a few hours a day, lie to a few pollsters, email your critters, maybe vote 3rd party for president if you live in a deep blue state.

                If harris campaign is harmed by this, well I can hardly be blamed. I didn’t chose her policy positions. I certainly wouldn’t have chosen genocide as a platform. but people do weird things. like mentally contorting themselves into a pretzel to support a genocidal candidate when not doing so is much easier. I hope you manage to find your way, but I doubt it. 🤷‍♀️

                • SkavarSharraddas
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                  422 days ago

                  I’m glad to see that you’re doing more than just voting, which I was advocating for in the first post you answered.

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                    yes unfortunately you’re advocating for the 2nd shittest outcome. a flat harris win, when you could be advocating for a squeaker that leaves her position tenuous and her leadership within the dem party weak. please start lieing to your critters, exit polls, etc, and if possible vote against her in deep blue states.

      • halyk.the.red
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        622 days ago

        The unfortunate thing is we can’t have zero genocide. I just don’t want to be complicit in supporting it. I didn’t create this situation or these choices, I’m just responding to them.

        • @[email protected]
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          822 days ago

          Not voting would make you complicit in making it worse if Trump wins. Doing nothing is still a move.

          • halyk.the.red
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            422 days ago

            The genocide is going to happen either way, as both candidates are in favor of it. The only choice I have in the matter is whether to to support those candidates with my vote or not. I am complicit by virtue of birthplace, that doesn’t mean I have to actively support it by helping the lesser evil further their political goals.

              • halyk.the.red
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                421 days ago

                I never claimed to be a tankie, so allegations against them hold no weight with me.

              • halyk.the.red
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                321 days ago

                Pretty sure we just had this conversation. Would you like me to copy and paste my previous response?

            • JaggedRobotPubes
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              421 days ago

              Buddy. It’s more genocide or less genocide, courtesy of the voting atrocity that is first past the post:

              Https://youtu.be/s7tWHJfhiyo

              We all hate that choice. And as the video shows, voting third party truly, truly is a vote for “more genocide”. It’s terrible.

              This is a tale of dorky obscure voting technicalities killing the potential for third parties, with the worst imaginable side effects in Gaza, and if you want to eliminate those side effects, you do it by playing where the action is: get ranked choice passed. Sort of like how a horrific, torturing skin disease might be beaten by some nerd with a bunch of diagrams about chemistry.