• CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    24
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    1 day ago

    being a single issue voter is entirely justifiable when he single issue is a fucking genocide.

    Not when all the alternative was “more fucking genocide with a side of fascism”

      • village604@adultswim.fan
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 day ago

        Ok, so what candidate besides Harris stood a chance at winning the election?

        Or, let’s try some basic math! What’s worse, one genocide or two?

        • RenLinwood@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          15
          ·
          1 day ago

          Literally anybody could have won if spineless cowards like you had supported them, but you and countless others like you went with what you saw as the safe bet for saving your own ass and now you’re paying for it. It’s still just one genocide, the only difference is that you’re being affected. You stand for absolutely nothing, you deserve Trump and worse.

              • korazail@lemmy.myserv.one
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                6 hours ago

                I don’t see what value you think you’re getting from this conversation – other than expressing your anger, which is valid. Your anger is valid, if you are sincere, and many of us feel it too. We really are your allies here, and not your enemy. Your language suggests your are not a US citizen.

                Yes, Kamala lost and due in part to her stances around Israel/Palestine and her chasing the ‘moderate’ vote she was unlikely to win. By blaming the losing party for the bullshit the winning party is doing, you are in part blaming the victims. We don’t want this either.

                Literally anybody could have won if spineless cowards like you had supported them, but […]

                What’s to say that village604 didn’t vote for her? That huge numbers of people didn’t vote for her even while they were unhappy with some of her decisions. Literally anyone could have won if “we” would just vote for them!?

                I will highlight that we, “liberal” voters (language matters), did not get a chance to choose someone as our candidate. That’s a real issue and we need to hold the DNC accountable for that. We also had large amount of content (somewhat like yours) that ‘Kamala/Biden are bad because …’ but ignored that trump would clearly be worse in all cases. I can’t imagine that this didn’t depress her votes. This is hard to prove, but it seems unlikely that this was not in part built by non-US actors who wanted to destabilize us.

                Long-story-short, we “liberal” voters are partially to blame for not turning out enough to get Kamala elected… but we also have a larger body (quantitatively) of trump voters who did show up. THEY are responsible for his policies. And the constant harping on “liberal” voters is doing nothing useful to make things better. I can only imagine that you are one of those non-US actors.

                You stand for absolutely nothing, you deserve Trump and worse.

                I stand for empathy and compassion. For those that live in my neighborhood, my city, my state, my country and my world. I stand for Palestine. I stand for the homeless. I stand for the disabled, the war veterans, the disadvantaged. I am wealthy (comfortable, not millionaire), white, male, and a citizen of the US. When given the opportunity to vote for those causes, I will every time. I will happily pay higher taxes to let someone sleep tonight with a full belly. Your blanket statements against people like me only make things worse. Stop. Be nice to each other.

                • Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  6 hours ago

                  The anger is not valid. The anger is that of a misbehaving child and since you have to be of age to be on this platform this once again an adult behaving like a bratty teenager.

      • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 day ago

        When did I say that? I live in fucking reality and could recognize that even though Harris sucked Trump was clearly going to be far worse for Gaza as well as everything else.

        I’m sure you sleep well at night with your morals resulting in you not participating in a simple action that would have resulted in fewer deaths. Good job.

        • RenLinwood@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          1 day ago

          You don’t have to say it, hypocrites don’t usually admit to being hypocrites, fucking duh. Dems are 100% pro-Israel, there would have been just as many palestinians dead, your only real concern is for yourself

          • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 day ago

            there would have been just as many palestinians dead

            So we agree that Trump isn’t any better for Palestinians?
            Then your “single issue” is irrelevant to the options you had available.

            I’m surprised your bothering to comment on Lemmy. Commenting on Lemmy won’t stop the genocide in Gaza, and apparently if it won’t stop the genocide in Gaza you don’t participate.