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[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 137 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don’t see any appropriate backlash to any of his shit so far.

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 95 points 3 weeks ago (210 children)

I guess all the “Genocide Joe” commenters aren’t getting paid to skew the election anymore, so they won’t be here to comment.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I haven't seen "Genocide Don" yet. Funny that.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They're still around unfortunately, but they are fewer in number.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 weeks ago

Just check the downvote total to see how many accounts are still here.

[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 weeks ago

The bots left, we're left with the dumbasses who believed them.

[–] plant_based_monero@lemm.ee 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bro did you see that articicle about the x whistleblower and how elon influenced the election

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

There are a few stragglers around still. And just as sanctimonious with their tiresome and reckless high-flying rhetoric about how principled they are....

sigh.

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[–] kittehx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 3 weeks ago

What a shock that no one could've ever seen coming.

Oh wait:

[–] wide_eyed_stupid@lemmy.world 56 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

I can't believe there are actually people who are surprised about his 'proposal' at all. Like.. everyone saw this coming, right? Plenty of people have been warning other people for years that Trump would do this sort of shit.

But hey, what do I know. I'm just an alarmist fearmonger. Or whatever they used to call me.

[–] ubergeek 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Plenty of people have been warning other people for years that Trump would do this sort of shit.

Frankly, he is just saying the quiet part out loud.

Or, do you think Israel ever didn't intend to do genocide?

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[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 33 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Clean out that whole thing."

He doesn't even pretend it's something other than ethnic cleansing. Just literally "clean out" the Palestinians.

And we're powerless to stop him.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Of course it is ethnic cleansing. But in his opinion, it is the good kind of ethnic cleansing. Just like deporting immigrants, or sometimes even Native Americans...

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well at least it's not genocide!

/s

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

The "two parties are the same," "Genocide Joe" people are literally quibbling about that just to maintain their arguments and it's depressing.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well after all, if you argue with them, you're a genocide supporting liberal troll. Sometimes in all caps, even!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I always tell them how many hours a week (until recently, for unrelated issues) I have spent sending emails, making phone calls and even visiting politicians' offices to beg for them to do something about the genocide and ask them if they have even sent one form email or made one phone call.

The closest I got to anyone saying they did anything of actual note was someone who hilariously told me that they couldn't tell me what they did because it would ruin their anonymity. As if there would be no possible way to put it in general terms.

I even ask them if they ever have talked to a Palestinian about what they think. But of course not. Because they don't actually care about genocide, they care about berating people and playing political games on the internet.

[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Performative outrage is so much easier than working towards real change though!

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[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (14 children)

B-b-but muh genocide joe & both sides are the same

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Backlash only matters if he or anyone he surrounds himself with actually gives a shit.

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[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sorry screen reader users.

It'S BeTtEr ThAn GeNoCiDe

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Someone almost literally said that to me here. That what Trump is wanting is better than what Biden was doing because this is "just" ethnic cleansing.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This too shall pass and once it has, we shall remember the names of those that pushed genocides, those that pushed anti science that will inevitably cause the next pandemic.

[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

I mean this is a pretty weak ass take and it's not even really right. Like after this "passes" we will be fully locked in to rocketing off the edge of the climate abyss and there is nothing anyone could possibly do to prevent it. They will try with Geo engineering but that's a toss up at best.

No one will remember anyone.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago (38 children)

Here is my bOtHsIdEs Pikachu face. :|

I'm sure Kamala was going to be exactly the same. /s

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago

Centrists are suddenly unhappy now that trump is implementing their only policy for them.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 weeks ago
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

You'll often see Zionists condemn Egypt and Syria for not taking the Palestinians "oh the Palestinians are so bad that even the other Muslim countries won't take them". No, they just don't want to be complicit in ethnic cleansing.

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