• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    4 months ago

    The only way it makes sense is if the people who’d not vote over Israel don’t actually care about Palestineans so much as being on the “right”/socially cool side of the issue.

    This is it. Politics is messy, and people don’t want to get their hands dirty making a hard choice.

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      4 months ago

      I think those people would think that defending Biden from critique over Palestine is more of an indication of not caring than protesting against it by threatening not to vote for him.

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        4 months ago

        If it was just critique, people wouldn’t be genuinely planning not to vote for him, handing Trump the win. It’s textbook cutting off your nose to spite your face.

        I’m certain there are some who feel like it’s just people who don’t care (and in most cases, they’re wrong), but the rest have such a myopic view of the world—they’re gonna be the ones to stop Biden and remain morally superior—that they forget there’s more at stake than just Gaza, such as LGBTQ rights to exist, freedom from religion, and continuing democracy.

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      4 months ago

      Yes. Is correct that liberal voters want Palestine enough to support trump. And this is right because trump is a strong leader such as Putin who alone can bring Palestine away from the evil Democratic Joe Biden.

      Many people have been saying to not vote in order to show support for peace, and this is correct view. Also many of my texting friends are agreeing with me and I am a person with the sexually pronouns so that is true. I also work in unions and am woman of color.