"I'm so angry at Biden over Isreal/Gaza that I'm going to help Trump destroy democracy, weaponize the Justice system, send millions to deportation camps, lower the taxes on the wealthy and shift the burden to the middle class, cut Social Security, track and prosecute women having abortions, pardon the people who violently attacked Capitol police, dismantle NATO, help Russia, AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT do even more harm to Palestinians" is a take--it's just a really awful take, IMO.
@augieray
"I support this war so much that I'm going to ignore the position of the vast majority of my constituents and party members even though it endangers our chances of re-election in the Fall" is also a take.
@evan I find that glib. Biden does not "love war." And I suspect you're mature and smart enough to understand he's between a rock and a hard place over support for Israel and Gaza. So, in the end, the choice is yours: You can be really, really angry at Biden and not vote, or you can do more to help the world and make Gaza safer by voting for Biden. Elections are not love affairs--you're selecting between flawed choices, not getting everything you want in a candidate.
@augieray Opposition to genocide is a peremptory norm or jus cogens. We don't get to opt out and say there are more important priorities. It's the highest priority.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peremptory_norm?wprov=sfla1
Peremptory norm - Wikipedia
@evan So you want to help the guy who actively supports genocide instead of the guy who is working to limit the war in Gaza? Make that make sense.
@augieray @evan How exactly is Biden working to limit it? All I see is him enabling and accelerating the genocide against Palestinians, whilst doing a bit of performative finger wagging at Netanyahu and Israel. We all know Trump is worse, but pretending Biden and the Democratic Party aren't also guilty of a lot of what you are accusing Trump of?
@Pickle @augieray @evan Why are you pretending that there are more than two choices? There aren't. One of them will be POTUS. That's reality, whether you like it or not. Also reality: one of those men is 1,000 times worse for everyone on the planet, *especially* Palestinians.
I get wishing there were other choices. But there aren't. If that makes you feel like giving into nihilism, fine. Just don't drag literally the entire world down with you.
Augie Ray
Evan Prodromou
Pickle
Texty the Bard