• AIhasUse@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    You miss the part where many democrats are so terrified of the image that has been painted of Trump that they would vote for a resurrected Hitler if they were told he was wearing a blue button.

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      4 months ago

      Democrats didn’t paint that image. Trump did.

      When someone tells you who they are, believe them.

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        4 months ago

        How interesting. So when trump tells you he will fight for democracy, you believe him. What a confusing world you must be living in.

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          That’s not what I said, and don’t put words in my mouth.

          It’s not what he says he’ll do, it’s what he says he is. He is a petty dictator who can’t stomach dissent or disagreement who will happily use anyone to further his own ends, and will happily take whatever interpretation of reality puts him on top, even if it means intentionally misreading and misinterpreting things.

          But I don’t have to tell you that. You seem to be quite well-versed in that technique yourself.

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          4 months ago

          One of these two will have power in November. That is reality. The democrats are the lesser of two evils. People living in reality don’t have the luxury of choosing non-existent options, and have to pick from what is possible.

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        4 months ago

        The side calling 100k+ dead foreign brown kids a “single issue” is so much more empathetic than the evil white man pointing out how awful it is. Cirque du soleil may have an opening for their new mental themed acrobatics show if you are interested.

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          4 months ago

          than the evil white man pointing out how awful it is

          Why are you lying? Trump’s position on Israel is that it should “finish the job” [of genociding the Palestinians].

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          Okay. What is your plan to stop it? Omit the magic beans. I have allergies.

          Lay it out step by step.

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            4 months ago

            As soon as they started using our bombs and tax money to blow up safety camps for displaced citizens, we should have quit giving them everything they asked for. If we must, we should be lending them money, not straight giving them billions in free bombs. That would be the simplest start. It is clear they are way beyond selPalestine.

            I find it very hard to believe that the most peaceful president in nearly everyone’s lifetimes is going to go nuking palestine. I know there’s a bunch of people who are convinced he is, I just don’t buy it.

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              This is not a plan.

              We know what is happening in Palestine is an atrocity. Who stops the sale of arms and bombs. How do we get them into office? Outline how this works practically. What levers of power are we throwing to get the result we want? Be specific.

              Just saying because we should stop selling is cheap. 1/3 of the cointry doesn’t care, another 1/3 likes the genocide. How do we outmaneuver them?

              Because not voting blue, and not having anything more concrete than ‘because we shouldn’t’ doesn’t save a single Palestinian but comes with the doorprize of 10 year olds forced to have their rapist’s baby, and open season on trans people, blank checks to corpos, the end of public schools, etc. Performative morality is a blight.