They are basically one step removed, at best, from outright saying: "Palestinian lives don't matter." Thank you, I'm happy I voted green earlier this morning.
Ericthescruffy
joined 5 years ago
JugGOlo TO THE POLLS!!!!
Said it before, and I'll keep saying it ad nauseum everytime its brought up:
Even if we accept for the sake of argument there's a genocide in Xinjiang of the Uyghurs, I am an American living in America and therefore I (and any serious person in similar conditions) am more pressingly concerned with the currently ongoing genocide my own government is funding and assisting in.
Anyone out there still moralizing and grandstanding about the uyghurs in the year 2024 is only interested in how they can be used as a political prop.
Wait...the hell is this???
I still listen. I agree they're kinda old and stale especially with half the hosts gone for various reasons but what can I say...I still have one of those parasocial relationships where I feel like I'm hanging out with my friends while I workout.
Paraphrasing: "That noise and all those wild disjointed hurtful thoughts that your brain produces....did you know that that's actually NOT you and you can tell it 'shush'?"
It never occured to me that my brain and my thoughts could be kind of externalized like an annoying roommate i'm stuck with but who doesn't define me. Also got me into thinking a lot more about how my body and other senses interact with my brain. I used to have crippling anxious episodes but I have some really good coping tactics/practices now.
I think everyone should really pause for just a moment to reflect on this cultural moment and why I would submit it is the final nail in the coffin on why libs are not allies. What I find most incredible about their protestations that Kamala and the Dems represent "the best chance" that the Palestinians have and that Trump will somehow be worse on the issue is that all of that is essentially liberals and democratic party line voters basically internalizing and regurgitating REPUBLICAN talking points and propaganda that the democrats themselves keep denying at every single opportunity.
If Trump wins: the entire democratic party and your liberal friends will suddenly be crying out about how monstrous Trump is and how he's made Gaza 10 times worse. If Kamala wins they can go back to just not giving a shit. Either way they will be smug self righteous assholes about it.
I'm actually talking myself a bit into believing the idea that the democrats actually want to lose. Losing would essentially absolve them of the responsibility of actually doing anything and let them just sit in a corner and complain about everything.
Our crawdad, too hot in lemon, shallowed be thy bay.
Its jaw dropping and I've been confused also but I THINK in my limited layman's opinion they WANT to win...but only if it can be on their specific terms.
Like with Israel...I think they may be in a bit of a quagmire. I think they are aware the genocide is broadly unpopular but the problem is that they also fundamentally agree with the zionist agenda and can't decouple themselves from it. Its a bit shocking how they won't even bother to lie about it...but I think they've gamed it out and decided that politically its actually more dangerous/volatile to risk completely ceding that ground to the republicans.
With the Cheney's....I don't know...I'd be curious what polls show because just anecdotally I know my grandparents and a lot of their Reagan era republican friends who switched during the Obama years fucking love her.
Speculation: they may be primarily motivated to focus exclusively on that voting bloc because they don't actually expect the democrats to do anything different or material???
Its gotten to a point where I'm not sure what the most existentially horrifying outcome of the election even is at this point.
Oh yeah, because this fucking administration totally didn't crack down on student led protests or break workers strikes. Shut the fuck up!