Hiding and denying the anti-Biden news is what got us to this point.
Compare the polls now to 4 years ago: Biden is 10-15% behind where he was when he (barely) won. To win now, Biden needs a miracle.
Our only hope of stopping Trump is to replace Biden ASAP.
Of course Israel denies that it intends to commit genocide. If you're looking for genocidal intent, just look at the words of Smotrich, Ben Gvir, and Netanyahu. Or the words of thousands of rabid Israelis on Jerusalem Day as they publically call for ethnic cleansing.
The IDF stopped the knocking-before-bombing system very early on in this conflict. And when you're bombing refugee tent cities, no warning is possible.
Your genocide denial is disgusting.
Saying "maybe people are the problem" is reductive and unhelpful. But I agree with you broadly, religion is just a system or a tool, it can be used for good or evil.
To judge if religion is a good system or a bad one, we can use a cost benefit analysis. This is what we have been attempting to do in this thread.
But when it comes to sensitive subjects like religion, many people have a tendency to avoid, overlook, and deny the associated costs.
And the leader who preceded Hitler, and whose blunders helped Hitler gain power, was Paul von Hindenburg.
Von Hindenburg, running for his second term at 84, was widely regarded as being too old and incompetent. For the centrists and center-left parties, he was their only hope in defeating Hitler.
After Von Hindenburg's defeat, Hitler passed the Enabling Act to assume full power.
History may not repeat, but it rhymes.
Anti-science, misogyny, etc may be bad independently of religion, but they aren't independent of religion. Religion is a source of these problems.
You can imagine a hypothetical religion that is simply a "social club" or whatever, but here in the real world religion comes with baggage.
Religion is why my cousin's children have never seen a doctor in their life. Religion is why my gay friend in high school tried to kill himself. Religious indoctrination has led to lifelong shame and trauma in many of my friends.
And this was just from a "moderate" sect of Christianity- the millions living under fundamentalist religion have it even worse.
What you said is all true, but you are ignoring the negative aspects of religion.
Religious influence, both on their followers and on government, is anti-science, misogynistic, and anti-LGBT.
Religions are funded like pyramid schemes, with the most desperate and vulnerable as their victims.
Religious indoctrination is child abuse.
Corruption has been legal since 2010 when the Supreme Court ruled on Citizens United vs. FEC
Someone please bribe the Supreme Court with a free ocean submersible ride
Yes the problem with "whataboutism" is that it can be used to dismiss any claims of double standards without further examination.
For example, here in the US we punish black murderers more harshly and more often than we do white murderers. If a black murderer tries to point out this double standard, their claims would accurately be dismissed as "whataboutism". But when you view the system as a whole, then you can see that systemic racism is undeniable.
Where do you get the impression that I am "telling people to not to vote against fascism"? How is my criticism of Biden different from yours?
Bonus points if you can answer this question without using your smarmy, inaccurate insults.
So accurate criticism of Biden is now "risking a Trump presidency"? You're suggesting that I should stop talking about an ongoing genocide?
And by criticizing Biden's genocidal actions, this makes me a centrist, a liberal, and even worse, a DNC believer? I am so confused.
Its fascinating how you bluemaga people can claim to be the defenders of democracy and free speech, yet your words betray the fact that you hate both concepts.
Have you seen the polls lately? You're riding a dead horse.
Biden is polling 10-15% below of where he was 4 years ago, back when he barely defeated Trump.
How do you propose Biden will make up that ground? Do you think he has a strategy to pull off the biggest electoral comeback in our lifetime?
You can make a futile attempt at policing anti-Biden comments, but it's not going to stem the bleeding. Normal Americans can see the dementia written all over Biden's confused face. They can hear it everytime he struggles through another incomplete, mumbled sentence.
I hate Kamala too, but I hope the DNC pushes her forward- at least she has a shot at stopping Trump.