cross-posted from: https://freefree.ps/users/faab64/statuses/114885039540867898

For as long as I live, I will never forget that the whole world watched Israel starve 2 million innocent people in Gaza, killing children on a daily basis and did nothing to stop it, even worse, punished those trying to end it and helped, funded, protected and armed the genocidal regime of Netanyahu.

#NeverAgain #NeverForget #NeverForgive #Gaza #Israel #Genocide #USpol #EUpol #Politics

@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@a.gup.pe @israel @lebanon @syria @iran

  • Milk_Sheikh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    The politicians. Is this a hard concept, or are you bad faith trolling?

    They’re not stupid, they had access to better polling data than you and I, they knew there was a massive anti-incumbent sentiment, that while the S&P 500 was performing well, the people were struggling, and that Israel was increasing a vote loser across all political stripes - the politicians saw all that, and they still ran the campaign they ran.

    They decided that, whilst choking out all grassroots challengers and criticism, and you’ve swallowed whole the “disloyal lefty” narrative that exonerates their failure completely. “We didn’t lose, it’s those disloyal fifth columnist double flagged operatives”

    I’m disappointed in the broad electorate for not seeing through Trump, but I understand that economic desperation is rocket fuel for fascism and it doesn’t go away if faced with more of the status quo that brought us to this point. The Dems needed to pivot, and refused to change with the times.

    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      No, I can recognize the politicians are shit and still realize the loss was primarily due to racist dumbasses.

      We didn’t lose, it’s those disloyal fifth columnist double flagged operatives

      Holy strawman.

      No, I don’t think the loss was primarily due to people who intentionally did not vote, though I do think they are morons.

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        4 days ago

        No, I can recognize the politicians are shit and still realize the loss was primarily due to racist dumbasses.

        If so, why open with this comment then?

        People with “moral righteousness” here on Lemmy helped to elect someone who made it far, far worse.

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          4 days ago

          Uh, what part of “primarily” do you not understand. They helped, yes. The primary blame shouldn’t lay on them, but they helped.

          Is English your second language?

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            4 days ago

            I understood your first comment perfectly - you felt ‘online righteousness’ was the most worthy thing to bring up for discussion. Not:

            • Wow, how could the Dems not have defused this wedge issue, dumb politicians
            • How awful that the people of Gaza are facing their current existence
            • What a blunder of a party platform to ignore the people’s dissent re: arming Israel
            • Screw the right for bad-faith messaging, Trump has been worse
            • etc

            You saw a preventable death of a child suffering under apartheid and genocide, and felt that ‘online morons’ who didn’t vote/voted 3rd party deserved more attention.

            And no, English is my first language.