You are downplaying Trump. The op comment said Biden flooding Israel with weapons, I pointed out that it will absolutely be worse under Trump and trump's rhetoric is promising that it will be worse. Then you came along and got pissy that I'm pointing out that genocide absolutely will get worse under Trump. I don't deal with absolutes, I prefer to to operate under the assumption that things can be complicated and to varying degrees of goodness or badness and I push for minimizing overall harm. Biden and the US government overall is providing weapons to a genocidal state because of the treaties ae have, Trump will absolutely send more regardless of treaties.

I don't like genocide. If the feasible options presented were between no genocide or yes genocide, I'm going to pick no genocide. But those are not the viable options, it's slow rolled equipment deployment to a genocidal state vs enthusiastic floodgates of weapons to a genocidal state. And I'm going to choose the one that is the least harm.

Aeronmelon is right about Sisko, and Janeway was forced into a desperate survival situation while still doing her best to maintain the ideals of the Federation.

The only people pushing the genocide Joe line while also downplaying how trump will actively be worse has always been trumpers trying to discourage liberals progressives and leftists from voting.

Nope, not what I said at all. I recognize that Biden is begrudgingly honoring the treaties we have with Israel as is expected by the supremacy clause of the Constitution (the constitution, federal laws and any treaties signed by the presidency are the Supreme law of the land) and I'm pointing out that Trump will enthusiastically send weapons regardless of any treaties.

Besides Joe isn't even running for president any more, this whole Genocide Joe talking point doesn't even matter at this point.

My guy, he crossed state lines with a firearm that wasn't his, to go to a protest where the only people injured and killed were by his trigger finger because he put himself that situation. That's not defending yourself. He's functionally a home invader crying over the dead body of the homeowner he killed because the homeowner brandished a skateboard.

We have to undo decades of policy enacted the much longer politically aware and active owner class. They've had a head start on us, so it's going to take tome to dismantle the political machinery they've created while minimizing harm done to the rest of us.

That's the way it is with every platform, you only have a comparatively small proportion of people who do a huge share of the posting.

Reddit has the advantage of being absolutely massive that the power posters is also still a huge number. I'd imagine even the biggest of entire Lemmy instances is smaller than some of the major subreddits, which personally I'm fine with. This emmy instance isn't some major corporation beholden to growing value for shareholders at all costs, but on the other end it still doesn't mean the admins can do everything without monetary or labor support from us.

Some of those those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

holds up platypus with feathers glued to it BEHOLD! A BIRD!

While I'd prefer peaceful resolutions to our problems, I fully understand why left leaning groups are becoming more radicalized. There is little compromise with the theocrats who want to eliminate or subjugate various minority and underrepresented groups within our society, continually hand more and more power to corporations, wholeheartedly believe the end of days is coming once Israel fully takes control of the holy land, and will scream "Second Amendment" and "Crisis Actors" every time kids are killed in school shootings. They violently stormed the US Capitol many of whole had intent to kill Senators and Representatives.

There is no compromise or peaceful resolution with people who want to hurt you or worse because their pastor said you're a demonic sinner who must be cleansed from the earth.

"I'm not uninformed! I got all the information I need from qanonisright.ru"

Because the last guy spent so much time and effort pandering to the antivaxxer crowd and it resulted in the deaths of millions.