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The subtle manipulation of language.
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this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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We're only permitted to critique one bourgeois warmonger at a time? How convenient for the US empire lol. Your "lesser evil" is a mass murderer and imperialist like every other Western leader. This man oversaw the droning of thousands, including countless civilians and children, across multiple sovereign nations, the destruction of Libya and Syria in 2011, plunging the countries into chaos from which they never recovered to this day, the bailing out of the banks that crashed the global economy while leaving the working class to drown in foreclosures and debt, the expansion of the surveillance state that has only grown since then.. and that's only the beginning, really.
Class war isn't a team sport between two reactionary parties, and nor is it "good cop vs bad cop". One manages imperialism and the exploitation of its own working class with a smile and "inclusive" rhetoric, the other doesn't.
Two people can be criticized at the same time.
If you want the criticism to lose all meaning sure…
Nuance and critical thought matter here, without them you undermined your own criticism/opinion.
Criticizing the choice of language can be fair, in the context of Oct 7 one could argue the language wasn’t malicious or even wrong… Regardless it’s fair to debate and there’s reason for concern, and reason to be mindful of language in the future.
It’s the bullshit equivocation that’s the issue.
This isn’t the same as sucking Bibi’s dick then bombing the fuck out Gaza and then having your kids describe the bombed out land as “nice beach front property” as they illegally deal themselves a hand in the aftermath like vultures. Thats a uniquely Trump/gop level of corruption that you seem desperate to normalize.
All it does is make Trump look like Obama not the other way around. All this does is normalize Trump. This shit isn’t normal nor historically consistent.
You’re more upset by words of violence than violence itself.
No I have proportionate responses to both that’s the thing. There’s as much nuance here as calling Biden genocidal. Look how that turned out. Great for Jared Kushner.
You're more upset people are calling Biden genocidal than Biden BEING genocidal, else you wouldn't bring it up. The only difference between Obama, Trump, and Biden are the aesthetics and timeline of the violence and how much of a mask each wears. Are you fine with this violence so long as you aren't forced to be made aware of it? Maybe it's worth considering you're the violent one here since you seem keen on equivocating the words and actions of violence. An invisible violence half a world away doesn't affect you, but a crude and very loudly violent person who does the same actions might interrupt your brunch.
Biden is guilty of the genocide in Gaza even more than Trump. For one he allowed it to continue providing the bombs to Israel and the vetoes at the UN. He could have stopped it before Trump was president but chose not to.
I'm sorry but who is equivocating Trump to Obama here?
It’s the effect regardless