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I wonder which one is harder (midwest.social)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Edited to be slightly more fair to people complaining that they don't think genocide is good just fine

Here's a link to join a protest, courtesy of mozz

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (60 children)

This guy does literally nothing but tell people how Democrats are awful people (and implies you shouldn't vote for them)

TONS of posts like that.

I really wouldn't be surprised to find out he's Russian.

No-one is supporting genocide. If people don't vote for Biden (and even if they do, the popular vote might not be enough), Trump will win.

The only case where saying "don't vote for Biden" would be if Trump was actually a better, smarter, more emphatic president, and would use the US's power to instantly stop helping Israel.

And who exactly thinks that's even possible in any scenario or even parallel universe?

Not voting for Biden would be like being a pro-Hitler British person in 1939.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (3 children)

He's a voter suppressionist actively trying to get Trump elected under a thin veneer of guilt and shame. He's appealing to people that haven't been paying attention and think the Israeli mistreatment of Palestinians started right after October 7th, rather than in 1948. By doing this tries to claim that American support of genocide is brand new thereby absolving himself and others of the guilt associated with it, unless of course they also support The Genocide™ by voting for Joe Biden.

More importantly he can claim that Joe Biden is the only presidential candidate that supports The Genocide™, so vote for someone else and you won't be supporter of The Genocide™. The quiet part is that Trump never supported The Genocide™ because it never happened until Biden was president.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

100% astroturfing

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago (24 children)

No one is arguing a little genocide is good. They're arguing that a lot of genocide is clearly worse. This seems obvious, but I'm constantly surprised how fucking stupid people are.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

They are not stupid; they are deliberately misunderstanding.

I feel a little bit silly even trying to “explain” this like there will be anyone who’s informed by it, but no one here is pro genocide. I would be surprised if you could find 5 people on Lemmy ever who said that genocide is good if done by Democrats, or at any other time.

Here is where to find a protest; go there and meet some new friends, do what you can to stop the genocide. How to do it, I don’t really know, but posting on Lemmy about not voting for Biden will not accomplish it for a couple of different reasons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They are not stupid; they are deliberately misunderstanding.

Lot of column A, little of column B.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (12 children)

Or let Trump win and get twice as much genocide. That's way more bang for your buck!

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Dude! Nice man you built there. Really slick. What’s it made of? Oh? Straw?

Cool cool. Lightweight. Organic. Biodegradable! No downsides to that I’m su—

HOLY SHIT

Holy shit holy shit it’s on fire. The straw man! It’s burning! Your poor man of straw! It couldn’t stand up to the heat of even a little interrogation!!

Ugh. I’m shocked about this! Apalled. No one could have predicted this, no one.

I am so sorry for your loss. It must be truly a blow. Well, take care now. I usually block accounts like these. :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

This….. was fucking beautiful. Bravo!

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Jesus, you again.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Never been more thankful for a block function. This clown is bad for all of us.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm tempted, but it's also important to address propaganda as it appears.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Fair, I will continue to use my buttons to push this content out of view.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

JFC, no Democrat is supporting genocide, they're just not willing to pay the price to stand up to the people committing it.

Besides, all you accomplish by beating up the Democrats over this is ensuring the people who are literally pro genocide will be in power next year

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (7 children)

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