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Figure it out, you self-righteous hack.
(lemmy.world)
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Here, I'll just copy paste the bit that I wrote on "why" that's not a good idea before the election is over and done with.
They are absolutely NOT the good guys. Israel is having a smaller scale preview of what we’d see if we had the same scenario happen under a Trump presidency. We should try to curb their worst instincts, but you have to win the bloody election first to do it, and somehow account for the fact that the majority of Americans do not give a shit about Palestine.
The last poll I saw on the issue, is that ranking issues from most important to least, Palestine ranked around #9. Behind everything from Immigration, Economy, Women’s rights etc. And opposing them is one of the most powerful special interest groups that exist in the US today, in a country that loves money in politics so much that we legalized bribery.
In short, the majority of Americans do not give a fuck about Palestine. And AIPAC is one of the most well funded, well connected special interest groups in the US. If Harris says that now? She absolutely loses the election.
It’s not an accident that some of the most vocal Pro-Palestinian voices in congress were primaried.
In that political climate, the best you can do is to do harm mitigation and make sure Republicans aren’t in the driver’s seat come 2025.
Yes, I’m being pragmatic. And I’d fucking hope you would be too, when millions of lives are at stake. I donated to Palestine for 20 years. Even back when I was living on a shoestring budget while I was in college. Do the feel good shit AFTER 11/20. I’ll be right there with you.
And for the love of god, vote.
Nobody gives a shit about nonvoters in this country. If you wanted to actually affect policy, a half a dozen congressmen that are willing to throw a wrench in things to get their way goes a LOT further than useless yammering about how you’re not going to vote because ‘both sides are bad’. We needed a few more, but we just lost two that we already had, because folks decided they'd rather talk shit than bother showing up for the primaries.
A couple of Blue Dogs managed to derail single payer healthcare. We could absolutely do the same for the Palestinian issue, if you could be bothered to get off your ass and vote. Sure, they'll lose their seats in the next election, just like the blue dogs did, but the job will be done. In the meantime, how about we don't throw out the baby with the bath water, because if Trump wins, there won't be anything or anyone left to save.
Did you not read my comment? Everything I said was about the fact that most pro-Palestinians are still voting for Harris, but just want her to be a good person.
You want her to commit political suicide before winning an election.
I'm with you. I agree with you that Israel needs to chill the fuck out. But instead of just going with my feelings, I also looked at the polls. Most Americans don't care, and AIPAC is very, VERY well funded. And US politics runs on money. And most of the folks that would decide the election? The 'swing' voters that can't make up their mind on whether or not they're voting for Harris or Trump even after he tried to overthrow the government in 2020? A lot of them think Palestinians are just terrorists. They're looking at the news the right wing is funding of Palestinian/Muslim protests in Europe and thinking, "Well fuck, I don't want those nutjobs over here?"
Giving that endorsement right now would be a dream come true for Republicans. They'd finally have the attack angle they need.
Harris says that now? She loses. Trump is president, and Palestine is even more fucked than they are now. And everyone else gets fucked with them too. You want the Democrats to change course? You have to change that calculus first. Until you can prove that you vote in greater numbers, and more consistently than the brain dead 'swing' voters in middle America, nothing will change. Promising you're not going to vote is the absolute worst thing you could do in that situation.
I'm being realistic about the state of the country I live in. You're not. This isn't the time for pie-in-the-sky idealistic bullshit. If Trump wins, we're all fucked. We're not going to get a do-over if we lose this one.
Dude, fuck off, if all your going to do is insult me I'm not going to continue talking to you. I happen to be using a phone keyboard, making it extremely easy to misspell something.
There isn't a keyboard in the world that mangles "previous" to "previse".
But okay, lets pretend you're not a dum-dums. I don't want to be hurting your feelings or anything. You don't seem to handle that very well.