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This post insinuates that Donald Trump would be any better on genocide. There’s the lie.

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He would definitely be better at committing genocide.

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Conveniently forgetting to mention that the words on the Kamala side should also be on the Trump side as well. Also, if you want to be accurate, it should be mentioned that Trump is actively encouraging Netanyahu to go even further, complaining that Israel isn’t doing enough genocide for his tastes.

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I also hate how this blames the candidate and not the voting populace. Kamala may not even win as it is, but would almost certainly loose if taking a strong stance on Gaza. Blame the American people and stop playing this whataboutism game.

All that aside, Kamala is the fastest way to ending the genocide. It may not be her current platform, but she’s the best shot at getting the US to change its stance.

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I too would like Jewish Trump to have to explain himself to a prosecutor.

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Yes… But don’t conveniently forget that the racist stuff should go on the kamala side too. She’s spent her entire life putting minorities in cages, bombing non-yts, and otherwise violently enforcing an extremely racist system.

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You can change the system better from inside.

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I used to believe this until I came to the conclusion that the ruling class won’t ever allow their powers to be reduced or removed.

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This is mind bogglingly dumb. You should hear what trump et al are talking about re: Israel.

This both sides nonsense is childish at best and demonstrates an utter lack of understanding or perhaps willfull ignorance.

Or, given your absurd postinf history, a group of folks as part of a larger operation to sow distrust in democratic institutions etc. The dumber stuff I see from you the more I lean to the latter.

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I suppose it’s a bot posting this BS.

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You should hear what trump et al are talking about re: Israel.

Post it!

He also supports genocide but doesn’t think it’s “heartbreaking”?

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How about his repeated claims that Jewish folks who vote Democrat hate Israel/themselves?

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Which one are you minimizing with your vote, racism or genocide?

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Minimizing genocide, albeit in the classical sense of the word which is to reduce the amount of. This should be an inarguably good thing so voting for the less genocide party doesn’t seem complicated.

Now admittedly, if all the kids and keyboard warriors had been so staunchly opposed to US foreign policy, showing up to the Democratic primary would’ve been the move. Unfortunately, elder voters crush the youth despite being a smaller portion of the population so, unsurprisingly, American policy tends to reflect their views.

But hey, bitching on the internet is surely almost as good as voting in the primaries, right? Wait…

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The younger adults showed up to a primary and won it. But, unfortunately, the SCOTUS ruled that private organizations can nominate whomever the fuck they want regardless of the outcome of the vote. Those adults don’t vote anymore.

It’s certainly their fault. /s

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Whoever you vote for, you are “minimizing genocide” by this logic.

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Given Trump’s full support of genocide, I would say voting for him would be choosing genocide and not “minimizing”.

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Alternatively, one could disengage from the electoral system and instead focus on actions history has proven effective.

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No, we realize that the genocide under Trump would be orders of magnitude worse and that voting for someone other than Harris will guarantee a trump victory. Voting for Harris is the only effective voting strategy that minimizes genocide.

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The people who feel this way value their own ideological purity and feelings about who they vote for more than the lives of all those extra people killed with Trump at the helm.

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The post title was Where’s the lie?.

I suppose this meme just highlights a lie of omission for not clarifying that they’re both pro-genocide—except the racist dude has publicly said there hasn’t been nearly enough genocide.

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Yes, the Democrats are currently pro-genocide also. You got it.

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So who’s funding you again?

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You can criticize both parties for being dog shit. It’s really ok.

Still vote for the lesser dog shit blah blah.

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