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“Every Choice Is Loss”: Voters on Their Decision Amid Genocide in Gaza
(theintercept.com)
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I don't understand why people think they should be able to vote on their special issue in this election. It's an election for president of the US, not a referendum on Gaza. Yes, lots of us want to stop the genocide - it's just not on this ballot.
If we elect Harris we can continue to work effectively in support of all sorts of causes. If we elect Trump it's all over. We can continue to work, but not effectively.
This is more than a single issue vote. How can you expect people to cast a ballot knowing that no matter what they choose their ethnicity will be slaughtered from their own tax dollars.
What a democracy we live in where we don't even have the choice to vote against a genocide. What a sham.
I voted for Harris as a matter of cold practicality, but being railroaded into this is repugnant and I do have the right voice my disgust.
But how did Harris become responsible here?
Like she's about as responsible as Donald Trump is to be honest.
Neither one of them are president currently and even if they were that's not even the person making all the decisions to kill children. that would be the Israeli leaders.
If this was your (not you specifically) single issue to vote on I would think you would choose the candidate who would at least be more likely to listen to you at some point.
In the US, a representative democracy, people typically want to vote for a representative (here the Pres.) who shares their views on issues. The US isn't going to have a national referendum on Gaza where the people can directly vote.
What ever your view point(s) your time to vote on your issue(s) is during a presidential or midterm election.