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Far leftists aren't trying to make sure everyone's needs are met. They just like crying and bitching about how their perfect utopia hasn't been handed to them yet.
Democrats (aka "liberals") are actually working to improve lives for everyone.
Democrats support the genocide in Palestine and the drone strikes of Obama's era.
No, we don't. Dumbass.
I meant the politicians.
Ah ok fair enough. I'd still say "support" is a strong word. Democrats want the genocide to end, but aren't willing to directly oppose Israel. Republicans, by contrast, want even more genocide.
Sure, that's why they gave Netanyahu multiple standing ovations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/us/politics/netanyahu-congress.html
You can watch it happen, the Democrats largely supported him with thunderous applause. Some dems did express minor resistance, but even Kamala stood up and condemned the protestors outside as "anti-semetic."
Fuck Israel, but let's not forget, fuck Hamas too. Wanting the genocide to end does not mean you have to support the OTHER group of genocidal fucks. They both fucking suck. We just want the slaughter of innocent civilians to stop.
Hamas and their violent rhetoric is a product of the Material Conditions imposed on Palestinians by fascist Zionists. Condemning the bully and the bullied that lashes out in equal measure is "both-sides" nonsense.
The fact of the matter is that the ongoing conflict can only be resolved with a One Secular State solution, dissolving the settler colonial regime and giving former Israelis and Palestinians equal democratic say with minority protections.
First of all, I totally agree.
No. Fuck that. Hamas didn't just "lash out" like a fucking kid on a playground, they murdered innocent civilians. That is crossing a line. Fuck Hamas and anyone who supports them, they would do the same as Israel if not worse, given the chance.
Hamas and Israel both want to do a genocide. Only Israel has the capability. Hamas are the same ignorant savages as the IDF at heart.
Why does Hamas exist?
What are the reasons driving Hamas vs Israel?
Don't care.
Do. Not. Murder. Civilians. It's a very simple rule.
Gotcha, so because Israel has murdered far more civilians both in total and as a ratio of the total killed by each side, Israel is the greater of two evils, and the direct creator of the other evil.
I mean sure, in a "killed more people" way. Both are unacceptable though.
It's why the great majority of the conversation is about stopping Israel. It's about harm reduction, and Israel is doing the most harm by far. They need to be stopped. Stopping Hamas takes a back seat to that, practically speaking.
But do not make the mistake of thinking Hamas is the good guy just because they oppose Israel. They're terrible too. Sure, they're a monster that Israel created, but they're still a monster.
When, exactly, did I say this? There are good groups within Palestine like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, sure, but they are unfortunately not the group in power. What we are left with is an existing situation:
Hamas is the major group Palestinians support against Israel, and Isreal and the IDF are against Palestinians.
We also have historical context:
Israel is a settler-colonial apartheid regime that has murdered Palestinians and stolen their land for the greater part of a century, and has thus fostered hatred against itself.
We know the origin of these issues: Israel. We therefore know the direction of the solution: dissolution of the Israeli State into a One State Solution for Palestinians and Israeli's alike, with Minority Protections.
Anything else is moralism and pandering.
It is perfectly possible to protest Israel's genocide of Palestinians without spray painting pro-Hamas slogans or holding Hamas flags, which is what the protesters that Harris condemned did. She very specifically called out the pro-Hamas and antisemites among the protesters, not the ones simply calling for an end to the genocide.
As I said at the beginning of this tangent, fuck Israel, but fuck Hamas too. Calling out Hamas supporters is a perfectly reasonable thing to do and is not a mark against Harris.
Again, you are drawing far too much importance on the optics of condemnation and support, and no importance whatsoever on Material Realities and conditions. Is Harris moving in favor of ending all US support for Israel, putting a stop to the genocide? No, and she won't, and as such we recontextualize her statements. She is very deliberately maintaining the Party Line.
So why did you bring up her statements if they don't matter?
Yes. And the party line is to disapprove of Israel but not directly oppose them.
The optics don't matter.
Finger wagging in public, handing guns and bombs in private, got it.
I didn't say I agreed with it, but that's the line she's walking.
"Ah ok fair enough. I'd still say "support" is a strong word. Democrats want the genocide to end, but aren't willing to directly oppose Israel. Republicans, by contrast, want even more genocide."
Now that we know the Democrats are actively pursuing genocide, do you walk back the part of this statement that the Dems want it to end?
Nice how you ignored the part where I very specifically said that they are NOT pusuing genocide. Like that's literally the opposite of what I said, damn you didn't even moderate it or anything. Just full on lying to me about what I said. Neat.
You said they don't want to, which is generally false.
Oh I'm sorry I didn't realize that a) you were a mind reader, and b) Democrats are conveniently lying every single time they talk about Israel, which you conveniently know due to your mind reading powers.
Come on, man. That's bullshit conspiracy talk. Democrats are calling for an end to the slaughter. Very publicly.
They give standing ovations to Netanyahu, send vast amounts of bombs, and decry protestors as antisemetic. You're projecting onto the Zionist Dems.
You got 1 out of 3. I thought you were better than repeating obvious lies.
I already proved all of them correct, stop batting for Zionists and hold them accountable.
Sad.
Let me know when the material reality of the situation changes.
Not every place is the US
I'm sorry, I didn't realize there was a Democratic Party in other nations.
I bet you're fun at parties
Liberals have the best parties because we can actually afford to provide an open bar.
I'm far left, gay, live 3 blocks from the beach in the Los Angeles area, and work in tech with a 6 figure salary. F centrists and F conservatives.
So your privileged self would be fine if Trump was elected lol
Makes sense why you've only been posting anti-voting and anti-dem propaganda the last few months. Fuck those gay people who live in Florida and make minimum wage! Lol what a pompous techbro
The far left ain't paying your salary rofl
You gotta work the system you're provided.
Boom! You're a liberal now, congratulations.
Quite.
How to tell us that you're young without telling us you're young.
Oh well, wait a decade or two and see what the Washington Democrats do to make your life better. See what they promise, see what they deliver, and see what they try to deliver. Feel free to update us then.
How long does this take? I'm 40 and still see the D's do much better in this regard in general. The first example that comes to mind is the Dodd-Frank act that Obama signed that added loads of consumer protections against predatory bank practices. I worked at a bank at the time and this was life changing for a lot of ~~victims~~ customers that were bad with money.
I mean, you can just actually take an honest look at Biden's record and see the good he's done. For instance the Infrastructure Bill was a big fucking deal. Right along with him and the Democratic Senate in appointing Federal Judges that are actually qualified.
It's cute when obvious teenagers try to accuse someone else of being young because they lack life experience showing them X, when X is demonstrably untrue. Which you would know if you'd actually lived through any history. Or read a Wikipedia article.
Or maybe you're just a Russian troll.
Oh, well. Update us when Putin dies and you're no longer being paid to shout "Democrats bad!" all the time.