• Melkath@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    “I agree. He supports genocide. You should vote for him.”

    You are the problem.

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      11 months ago

      You’re conflating voting for someone with “agreeing with” them.

      That’s not how democracy works.

      You don’t “not vote” for all the candidates you don’t agree with. You do vote for the one that most closely aligns with your values. If you fail to do so, you’ll get the candidate who does not align with your values at all.

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      11 months ago

      What other option that actually has a chance of winning is there? Last I saw, it was either going to be Biden or Trump on the ballot come November. So do you support genocide that can be curbed, or do you support full throated fascistic genocide?

      And remember, inaction is a choice, and that choice inevitably favors the republican candidate. So again, which do you choose? Can you justify not playing electoral politics when we end up with that fucking fascist asshole back in the whitehouse? Cuz I’m sure Israel is gonna turn it up to 11 once they know they’ve got full cover from Donald “Stop releasing footage of you murdering people, this is really bad optics” Trump.

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        11 months ago

        What makes you think a vote for Biden is voting for genocide that “can be curbed”?

        Every statement and action from the Biden admin, even the meme we are commenting on, shows that Biden is unwilling to curb the genocide.

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        11 months ago

        When the options are fascism and genocide or fascism and genocide there is no “winning”.

        You abstain and don’t contribute to the ethos of either agenda.

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      11 months ago

      Nuanced thinking is the problem? Nope. Black and white thinking is the problem. Like the black and white thinking you are displaying here, by refusing to parse any policy decisions beyond “he supports genocide”. If you can’t distinguish between the greater and the lesser evil you’ll end up inadvertently supporting the greater evil.

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        11 months ago

        But the thing is saying “Joe Biden is committing genocide” actively harms your own aims of electing Joe Biden, regardless of whatever your argument is.

        So the only rational decision is to stfu about it or start doing genocide apology or denial.

        Or you can have a moral spine I guess.