@BenAveling @disisdeguey @Strandjunker
It was as bad under Biden. Genocide is genocide is genocide. Stop trying to rationalize.
@Strandjunker @contrasocial @BenAveling @disisdeguey Trump is merely the mask coming off of an underlying rot in American politics and society that has been festering and growing for decades. Harris's administration would have been less egregiously fascist, yes, and voting for her would have staved off a lot of suffering, yes, but only temporarily and only for certain people. I'm not saying that isn't worth it; I'm personally all for maximizing utility and the pragmatic application of power, but I'm also not going to blame or shame people who decided that there wasn't a lot of sense in voting either way for "which smiling face heads the giant oppression machine", as they saw a Democratic Party that is currently in the process of adopting all of the ideals and talking points of fascists. That choice wasn't (in their eyes) actually going to change anything about the material conditions of them or their community, so they chose neither.
The best thing we can be doing now is building strong and resilient communities that help and protect each other outside of the transactional expectations put upon us, and trying our best to counter the pressure to be isolated and alone and powerless. Strong community can't be taken away by a new person taking office every four years.
@contrasocial @BenAveling @disisdeguey @Strandjunker There are innocent people in a Salvadoran concentration camp. Masked men are rounding up innocents by the thousands every day.
It is beyond obvious to everybody that things in the world are FAR worse today than they were a year ago. Both sides are NOT the same, no matter how many times you say it. This kind of lying is pro-MAGA propaganda. I believe 99% of people in the #Fediverse are smart enough to see that, but for some reason I still feel compelled to point it out.
@bishop @BenAveling @disisdeguey @Strandjunker
No. You can't resist genocide by building a party led by genocide supporters (i.e. zionists).
Harris couldn't even bring herself to condemn the genocide, or even let Palestinians who wanted to help her get elected speak at the DNC. She and Biden support the slaughter as much as Trump.
Israel is a client of the US. The genocide ends when we stop supplying them with the means of carrying it out. US admins have stopped Israeli bombings before.
@BenAveling @bishop @disisdeguey @Strandjunker
No, Trump Biden and Harris were identical on the genocide. There was no "turbocharging" just completely hands off, uninterrupted support for the slaughter by all parties from start to present.
@BenAveling @bishop @disisdeguey @Strandjunker
Israel has been bombing hospitals and demoing water infrastructure since the first months of the genocide, there's been no acceleration because it was already full speed with no friction from the US or international community. You simply chose to ignore it under Biden.
The only choice that was left to the anti-genocide coalition was to let the Democratic party break itself so it can be rebuilt into an anti-genocide party.
@GLaDTheresCake @BenAveling @disisdeguey @Strandjunker Good thing you didn’t vote for the genociding Democrats, the other candidate won and all the genociding is fixed now.
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@disisdeguey @GLaDTheresCake @BenAveling @Strandjunker It was a Matrix reference and a conspiracy theory bit when the manosphere people started using it too.
Thanks for leaning into the stereotype that right-wingers and left-wingers are the same. /s