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[alt text: a screenshot of a tweet by @delaney_nolan, which says, "Biden/Harris saw this polling and decided to keep unconditionally arming Israel". Below the tweet is a screenshot from an article, which states: "In Pennsylvania, 34% of respondents said they would be more likely to vote for the Democratic nominee if the nominee vowed to withold weapons to Israel, compared to 7% who said they would be less likely. The rest said it would make no difference. In Arizona, 35% said they'd be more likely, while 5% would be less likely. And in Georgia, 39% said they'd be more likely, also compared to 5% who would be less likely."]

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[โ€“] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The fact that you read my entire comment and laser-focused on that one detail. If we're descending into purity tests on the Left, we will never win another election.

[โ€“] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 4 points 2 weeks ago

I absolutely did not read your entire comment. The hypocrisy just stuck out to me from a glance. I wasn't planning to continue to read.

Along with, of course, the hypocrisy of the fact that you're now applying a purity test before you will vote for a Democrat, even in hindsight, even if she has only the vaguest of connections with the holocaust in Gaza, and even if the alternative is a hundred times worse including for Gaza.

It's done. I'm not sure why I'm still talking about it. I think I just still have some nervous energy left over because of the question of what the fuck I'm going to do now.