HomerianSymphony @ HomerianSymphony @lemmy.world

Goodbye. I"ve discovered Bluesky and it is 1000% less toxic and CIA-infeste

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You know, calling people morons because they don’t like your candidate is why people don’t like the Democrats.

Is he cosplaying Colonel Sanders?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/06/biden-is-approving-more-oil-gas-drilling-permits-public-lands-than-trump-analysis-finds/

You’re right, but I noticed that the odds have been shifting in Kamala’s favour. She was around +250 just a few days ago, and now she’s about +160.

Trump is still the favourite to win (-188), but a couple debates might turn that around.

This is black and white. Genocide bad. There are no shades of grey to that, despite what Democrats (and AIPAC) would like you to believe.

Genocide bad.

My point is, if I were acting selfishly, I would not be voting the way I'm voting.

I’m sure Biden feels fucking awful about what’s going on.

I think he fuckin' loves it, because he's a racist piece of shit. He thinks brown people are supposed to submit to their white colonial overloads, and the Palestinians are getting what they deserve for being troublemakers.

He's from a generation where that was almost universally believed. He probably hates that he has to pretend he believes otherwise.

Unfortunately a psychopath that we have little control over is in charge of Israel. Until something can be done about him. America has to play nice.

Biden is HELPING Israel commit genocide. Biden is using his UN Security Council veto to prevent the UN from acting against Israel. He is sending Israel munitions and billions of dollars.

Biden is not a bystander. He is an active and enthusiastic participant.

Edit: And the Democrats all suck for acting as if what Joe Biden is doing is normal. The Democrats, as a party, don't deserve to exist anymore. If Trump weren't a fascist, I wouldn't be considering voting for the Democrats at all.

Doing the right thing requires considering the suffering of others

That’s what I’m doing.

And you’re trying to spin that as something selfish, as if I don’t have to live with the consequences of US politics as a gay man.

We've effectively been given the Trolley Problem, and instead of playing you're choosing to walk away

That’s exactly what I would do if I were driving the trolley. I’m not going to choose to sacrifice some people who otherwise weren’t in danger, even if it saves a larger number of people.

I would do what I can to trying to save the larger number of people (by trying to fix the trolley’s brakes, etc), but I’m not going to kill an unrelated group of innocent people to do it.

Cornel West has zero chance of winning

Mostly because people like yourself keep telling everyone that they have to vote for one of the two major parties.

If people voted their conscience, I bet he’d have a decent chance.

Yeah can also vote for Santa Clause.

He’s not eligible to be president, because he was born in Anatolia, and he’s been dead for 1700 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas

You could vote for Cornel West, who does zero genocide.

She’s running in a Democratic primary. It’s not possible for her to take votes away from the Democrats.

You're choosing to let trans people, people of color, immigrants, Palestinians, and a whole lot of other people get fucked by Republicans because you can't do a little dirty work.

A “little dirty work” you say of voting for a genocider.

It’s called doing the right thing, and I wish everyone knew how to do it and did it with me.

you are giving a vote to Trump if you do so

Nope. That’s not how it works.

just so long as you personally don't have to feel anything on your "conscience".

And if you’re willing to do unconscionable things because your twisted logic tells you it’s actually for the greater good, then you’re not much different from Biden.

The US was founded on genocide. Right here, on this soil. And everyone at the time went along with it in the name of Manifest Destiny. But it didn't end there. The US either directly or indirectly enabled genocide around the world through most of its history.

Well, I guess genocide’s okay then.

Sorry for bothering you with my conscience.

Would you trade millions of dead men, women, and children in Palestine for millions of dead men, women, and children in Palestine, other countries, and here at home as well?

I don’t trade lives. If I can’t back Kamala (and she’s the nominee), I’ll vote third-party.

Mind you, I don’t live in a swing state, so my vote doesn’t matter. But I might send $50 to the Harris campaign to help her beat Trump (if she indicates that she’ll stop supporting the genocide).

No, they’re right. The Democrat voter base wasn’t enthusiastic about Hillary Clinton in 2016, partly because they felt she had gone through a coronation rather than a proper primary. Democrats like to be involved in the process of picking the nominee, and they chafe when they feel the process isn’t fair.

It would be better for Kamala Harris if she has a legitimate competitor and has to go through a debate or two.

Harris is a good debater. She should be fine.