3 mo. ago • 100%

The acceptable level of support for genocide is exactly none

Alt text: a destroyed city filled with speach bubbles all saying "stop your bombs" and Kamala Harris in the foreground with "I'm speaking" in large text along the bottom.

Anarchism @lemmy.blahaj.zone She's speaking

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Nice strawman!

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- "I'm speaking" are literally her words in refence to pro-palestinian protesters chanting at one of her rallies like 2 days ago.
  
  Edit: her campaign has at no point expressed a desire (let alone a demand) to end arms shipments and military aid to Israel. Nor has she expressed at any point that she intends to demand an immediate ceasefire if elected.
  
  Edit2: clarification
  
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  Yes this is such a disappointment. All we want to hear is her calling and pledging for the stopping of genocide of the Palestine people.
  
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  Continuation of support for genocide.
  
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- Nice Liberal nonsense but it seems you forgot this community is for leftists
  
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  There's nothing worse for leftism than leftists making bad arguments.
  
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Just say you want another Trump presidency. Please, just say it. We all know you do.

Transparent as fuck.

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- Just say you're okay with genocide as long as it's funded by team blue and only affects brown people on the other side of the world. Just say it.
  
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  Our choices are genocide light and geneocide pro. They both suck, one will be much worse. It's much more likely to get the light version to back out of it then the pro version. So while I can understand your position, it is VERY counterproductive to your goal.
  
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- Literally no one wants that.
  
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I’m sure trump will do better. He’s always talking about Muslims and refugees

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The moral of this story is don't stop protesting. Some liberals are easing up on the Israel/Palestine issue because they believe Kamala will get a ceasefire on favorable terms, but she remains aligned with the status quo and will compromise heavily if she is not pressured by a large constituency on the left. Kamala is more movable on the issue than Biden and that means we need to keep pushing her on it.

There was a more recent rally where she seems to have learned from this mistake and dedicated some time to acknowledging the protestors and calling for a ceasefire before continuing her speech. I think this shows that unlike Biden she sees the protestors as being worth appealing to, and they need to respond to that by making their demands clear and actionable.

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She can't do a thing about it. Congress has had the US on the hook supporting Israel with weapons since 2008 (bEcAuSe ThEyRe A sTrAtEgIc AlLy), and at best, this "legal" support won't go away overnight. It's utter crap. If we get more progressives in Congress they might (might!) start passing legislation to phase out our military support of Israel but right now all the US is allowed to do is clutch their pearls and keep fulfilling the contract. It's great when a "world leader" country is de-fanged by a genocidal dictator over an old agreement innit

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I love lemmy for being able to easily block this sort of stuff

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- Bye bye Liberal :3
  
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But who would kill the children? /s

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- A comprehensive list
  
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- Almost like people should read the community rules before commenting?
  
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Vote for trump.

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