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If the democrats say "I will continue active military support for this genocide," what is there disagreement about when I say "voting for the democrats is voting for a genocide"?
The genocide of Palestinians is being conducted with weapons given to them by the U.S., democrat and republican alike (in all likelihood significantly more given to them by democrats, if only because they had more time). It's not that "Biden could have done more," it's that he could have not given them bombs to blow up Palestinians! He could have done less to enable genocide...ideally nothing? The democrats were and are unequivocal that the supply of arms to israel was and is a priority. They're responsible because they directly enable israel. I'm not responsible for what the democrats and republicans do because I don't do anything to support them.
And look, I'm not judging folks who vote for the democrats, we're all scared, fascism is fucked, maybe they can accept this "lesser of two evils" bullshit. I'm scared too...I also hate donald trump. I also hate ICE. I also think things were better for me and people I love under democrats (if it was better for "illegal" immigrants or palestinians, it's a matter of degree and not kind - obama and biden also used ice to unjustifiably put human beings in concentration camps - in terms of ice detention biden was much worse than Trump 1). I don't care if democratic voters acknowledge, admit, or accept that they vote for continued genocide of palestinians. They're welcome to say "I think this is the best choice I can make, even though there's lots I don't like about it." None of my business; please feel free to feel good about that. We could do with more feeling good in the world.
What I object to is their making these posts online saying I'm a bad person for not showing up to vote for the democrats; for not showing up to vote for continued genocide of Palestinians. Saying that I'm supporting fascism, that I'm the problem. Don't put that on me. The democrats could change at any time; it's their choice to make a vote for them a vote for genocide.
Fair. You are right that the "lesser of two evils" situation is fucking bullshit. To be fair I also think you are also right that a lot of Democrats are on Israels side... but I also think that the Democrats is more splintered internally. Like I would have a hard time seeing any Replibicans joining a free Palestine protest, but I'm sure it's a lot more popular among Democrat voters.
I also wish that the US, and more countries around the world, would sanction Israel, and they should have done so long ago.
I do not agree that sitting out is the right choice though, and when the choice is between Trump and literally anyone else I think that the lesser evil is clear. You even say yourself that things were better for you before Trump, and I absolutely think that Trump is the worst choice for Palestine. I mean didn't he literally attack Kamala during the campaign for even a weak protest against Netanyahu? Not to mention him straight up joining Israel in the war against Iran.
You're acting as though Biden was just handing Netanyahu a loaded gun unprompted. This is not the case; there were preexisting trade deals and treaties with Israel that were being honored. That's it. Democrats didn't want to slap a close ally by shutting down an agreement that was already signed. It's a shitty decision, but it's more complex than just being all-in on genocide.
The Leahy Law means nothing to genocide apologists.
(we'll leave aside for a minute the extra 18 billion that biden did hand over unprompted. The preexisting trade deals were for something on the order of 3.8 billion)
No it's not more complicated. Don't arm a genocide.
If your friend strapped on a swastika arm band and started goose-stepping around, you wouldn't slap them? Slap them! Shame them! Stop them! (I'm not sure how to work into the analogy that your friend has already killed tens of thousands of children) In the analogy i guess you had a pre-existing arrangement to give the guy some of your old guns. But now he's a genocidal maniac...you still give him the guns? Just don't instead. Let him sue you or whatever. Like...obviously.