Seriously I’m so confused on this. The USA has a 2 party system. You either vote for Biden or you get Trump. Abstaining from the vote you get Trump. MAGA will have a 100% turnout for their God Emperor.
Trump supports Israel 100%. Again, by not voting for Biden the reality is you’re voting for Trump who is even more supportive of Israel and will also attempt to upend democracy in the west.
You don’t have any options here that support Palestine. The reality of the situation is you either get Biden or Trump and the latter is infinitely worse for the ideal you’re trying to uphold by abstaining. That’s how politics work in the US. You might not like it, it sucks, but unfortunately that’s just the way things work.
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Its a highly parroted false dichotomy. If not voting for Biden is akin to supporting Trump then not voting Trump is akin to supporting Biden.
What I do know is your vote is power. No politician can be elected without being given it. If you’re giving that power to the lesser of two genociders you’re endorsing a genocider. You handed material power to someone supporting genocide, that necessarily makes you at least a little complicit.
Choosing the lesser genocide is still chosing genocide, and that’s not what never again is supposed to mean. How is it hard to understand some people do not feel comfortable choosing any amount of genocide when your choice directly empowers a genocide.
Saying we have to vote for one evil is like saying a conscientious objector in war has to fight for the other side or they’re not doing anything to solve the problem. No the point is we disagree with all of it. Conscientious objectors don’t end wars, are they a wasted strategy too?
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Then why is RFK pulling more prospective Republican than prospective Democrats?
RFK is not a Democrat or a progressive. His politics are all over the place. He’s running independent now and appeals to some of the Rs because he’s a nut job like them, he is pro abortion bans, anti-vaccine, and espouses racist covid conspiracy theories. Shocking that the party that voted Trump in sees some “likable” qualities in the guy.
I don’t consider it a strategy to end war, I consider it a personal conviction. I don’t care about the efficacy: either it’s the right thing to do, or it is not.
Then it seems like you understand my position on never again. I don’t need or expect agreement but that’s what I feel.
we’re in this together.