Comment by queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml on Just a reminder that Kamala is garbage too

lol she’s not snubbing Benji, she just can’t attend because of a scheduling conflict. Her office has reiterated that a private meeting between them will take place. Make no mistake, she is just as much of a Zionist as Biden even though she sheds more crocodile tears for Gazan children.

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queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml

2 points

4 months ago

Biden would never let a scheduling conflict get in the way from a Bibi visit. I do think there’s a chance for a different approach.

But again, this is gambling. You might as well be telling me I shouldn’t buy lottery tickets!

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A Cool Dude@lemmy.mlOP

-1 points

4 months ago

It is not a pretend job. She is complicit. And even if it was, which is not, she has been side by side Biden supporting him as he carries out his genocide. Moreover, she is deep in AIPAC’s pocket. The fact that you believe there is any innocent Democrat in power is concerning.

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queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml

0 points

4 months ago

Yes, if she was actually innocent she would have been pushing to have Biden removed from office via the 25th Amendment so that she could take over his job and end the genocide as soon as possible. She’s a careerist and would never dare risk her own political career for something like that, so instead she’s meekly following along and making small gestures without committing.

But, even a careerist could see the benefits of being the US president that ended support for apartheid and genocide.

Don’t get me wrong, my expectations for US politicians are really low. It’s not like I’m donating money to her or anything, I’m just going to take a little bit of time to mail in a ballot because she might be less genocidal than Biden or Trump.

She’s not standing up against the genocide as Vice, but she literally hasn’t actually done anything to advance it either.

And that’s my red line - no doing genocide.

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averyminya@beehaw.org

-1 points

4 months ago

She was the first one to call for a ceasefire and asking Israel to give aid to Gazans. She may be complicit but to say that she’s done nothing seems inaccurate.

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nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]@hexbear.net

4 points

4 months ago

She will do more marginally reasonable rhetoric about Palestinian suffering while the material policy of 100% support for Israel will not be changed in the slightest. She wouldn’t have been the pick otherwise.

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queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml

3 points

4 months ago

There’s a limit to how much she can push rhetoric before it causes a fundamental break within US society. Already we’re seeing unprecedented criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian resistance among USians, and the more she pays lip service to voters on this issue the starker the contradictions become between her words and her actions.

That’s not a bad result at all.

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5 points

4 months ago

Okay all true, but the VP is still a pretend job. Maybe not as much as it was before but the VP doesn’t actually have very much power. Unless the president is ~~article 12’d~~ amendment 25’d.

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theilleist@lemmy.ml

5 points

4 months ago

Did you mean the 25th amendment? Article 12 just describes the process for electing the president and VP.

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