this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2024
11 points (55.1% liked)
United States | News & Politics
7239 readers
583 users here now
founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
There are many questions at the polls and the Israel issue is only one - and one that by law cannot change until we overhaul Congress. These are stupidly complex political issues that can't be boiled down to supporting genocide. I am against genocide and I wish America had a stronger stance against what the Israeli government is doing, but we're playing the cards we've been dealt.
The fact that "any other year" you wouldn't care suggests you are not familiar with the decades of work the US has put into the middle East and all the difficulty and frustration involved.
The question at the polls is really: who has a chance of actually winning, and which of the two viable options is less bad for Palestine? And keep on mind, congressional seats will also be on the ballot. Congress is the only body that can rewrite the laws that dictate what we can or cannot do in the middle East.
right now there is genocidal regime in power u can either support them or not do that, that is all, i know to u amerikkkans genocide is nothing having committed so many thru out ur history and feeling proud of them and all that but for normal people there is no space for compromise here.
Yawwwwn
Politics IS compromise.
Genocide is wrong no matter who's doing it. That's not even the argument here. Sadly, half a dozen presidents ago Congress decided the US needs Israel for some reason (very likely because it's mentioned in their dumb little book as key for the second coming of their dumb little god) so now there's a binding agreement and nobody can say anything bad about Israel. Violating that causes a whole storm of international drama that would (shock!) cause more destruction than the current horrifying, illegal, and whitewashed genocide.
I'm dumbing this down for you. You're welcome.
Where we are now the government's hands are tied unless it gets overhauled. Since there are only two viable political parties, the lesser of two evils is the choice - and you're right, they're both evil, but there's the "supports genocide" evil and the "supports genocide AND fascism AND suppression of women & minorities AND oligarchy AND Russia etc" evil. Dems in power = slim possibility of overhaul. GOP in power = no possibility of the public having any sway ever again.
Your smug all or nothing rhetoric is short sighted, excessively privileged, and frankly dangerous. I'm ignoring you now. Feel free to post your gotcha and declare yourself victorious.
Like i said u amerikkkans are very comfy with genocide not a big deal for u i get it u are evil but for actual fucking humans with empathy and emotions and shit there is no compromise with genocide. I reiterate u are trying to excuse voting for a genocidal regime because u might get a few crumbs of positive legislature YOU ARE PATHETIC, and u are evil. We are done here.