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claim 1: “voting doesn’t change anything”Never forget the recent case of Kris Mayes, who refuses to uphold the Arizona supreme court’s sweeping ban of abortion.

Kris Mayes only won her 2022 election by 280 votes. Voting changes things.

claim 2: “but genocide joe”Yep. Hold that fucker’s feet to the fire. He has blood on his hands

But trump has promised to be indisputably worse.

I won’t tell you how to vote. I just encourage you to vote. You’re not radical for ditching the only miniscule right the state has granted you to do some small aid for your neighbors.

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

i mean the title genuinely. obama did war crimes. that is a true unironic statement.

let me see about editing the title it seems to be causing confusion.

edit: okay fixed. i do want to push back on your statement tho. everyone is NOT suddenly getting mad about dead palestinians. people have been pissed about the apartheid regime in israel for decades. be careful with your assertions here.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm happy to accept that there's people who have been concerned for a long time about Israel. I've seen protests about 15 years ago in my own city in the UK, for about an afternoon. Never saw it again. Never saw any protests about any other genocides happening around the world, like Darfur, only this one.

But what's new is linking it to a sitting US president, in an election year. Israel's genocide has been supported by everyone since Truman recognised it a day after it was set up. The USA is a genocidal country literally built on genocide.

[–] whoreticulture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago

When I was in college ten years ago, there were Palestine protesters out every year. At one point they made an artificial wall of cardboard informational posters around a main throughway, with a narrow passageway, to make a point about the checkpoints.

Maybe leftists are tired of being told to vote for the lesser evil as the genocide continues to escalate? Maybe we have realized that it's not doing much good?

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Fuck the USA. Throughout its entire history. Hopefully in the future things can get better but I seriously doubt it.

Happy? I know I'm not.