• bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      If you’re just going to start being flippant and unproductive when I’m trying to have a real discussion with you then we can just stop here. Have a good rest of your weekend.

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        Sorry. I’m coming to this with the understanding that delay means that many fewer living Palestinians and that much closer to Netanyahu completing his genocide. I consider this situation to be too time-sensitive for incrementalism, and I have a tendency to regard calls for patience in the face of this to be callous.

        I also firmly believe that Biden is harming his own chances of defeating Trump by supporting Netanyahu’s genocide, and that the future of democracy in the US rests on his willingness to cease his support.

        If Biden does not change in the next few months, I fear things will get much worse and may never improve for the human species.

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          I understand that but right now what do you want me to do about it? Really and truly. I’ve written my reps, I’ve stood with protestors, I’ve been very vocal about my feelings re: Israel’s horrific retaliation. We are discussing an election in November between Trump and Biden, right? So what do I do with that?

          Trump will make it objectively worse for Palestinians. So I will vote Biden.

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            I understand that but right now what do you want me to do about it?

            I don’t know.

            Really and truly. I’ve written my reps, I’ve stood with protestors, I’ve been very vocal about my feelings re: Israel’s horrific retaliation

            I get that. I live in Texas. Writing to my rep and senators results in a form letter thanking me for agreeing with them (contrary to the content of my letter), followed by fundraising mailers.

            We are discussing an election in November between Trump and Biden, right? So what do I do with that?

            Only thing to do is vote for Biden and take a really long shower afterwards.

            Trump will make it objectively worse for Palestinians. So I will vote Biden.

            Likewise. I fear that absent change on Biden’s part, he will lose anyway.