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The deafening silence from all the people who were so noisy about gEnOcIdE in October 2024.
Hey, how about instead of chastising people for telling biden/kamala they needed to pivot here you look at the DNC that took a campaign strategy of "Well, let's ignore a huge issue because we don't want to lose donor money".
Trump won by unabashedly appealing to his base. Biden/Kamala lost because they ignored their base and chased after Trump's base instead.
Hi, I'm still here to point out biden was supplying israel with billions in support as they committed genocide all the way until JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. How's that for deafening silence?
By the way, think about what impression you give off when you spongebob text the word genocide. If it helps, try doing that with The Holocaust and think about how that looks.
Hi, I'm here to point out that those arms sales were designated by many Congresses going back decades, and the deals for them were not reversible by a presidential edict, except for arms that were not for "defensive purposes," which Biden was able to and did put a hold on ... Except that House Republicans reversed that.
Biden could've vetoed the multiple aid bills that passed his desk with arms shipments to israel after oct 7th and after it became clear Israel was using this as an excuse to obliterate gaza.
He could've also enforced the leahy laws which prohibit arms shipments to countries that are suspected of using them for human rights abuses.
He didn't do either because he is a zionist who is fine with the genocide of Palestinians.
Why would Biden bypass congress for arms sales that were "designated by many Congresses"?: https://apnews.com/article/us-israel-gaza-arms-hamas-bypass-congress-1dc77f20aac4a797df6a2338b677da4f
israel's campaign of genocide that it has been waging for over a year (and more accurately, since its founding) is not defensive. Biden even claimed that he'd set a red line, but then he'd pretend nothing happened when israel crossed them: https://www.npr.org/2024/05/29/nx-s1-4983786/where-is-the-biden-administrations-red-line-when-it-comes-palestinian-deaths-in-gaza
Do you think 2,000-pound bombs are used for defensive purposes?: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-has-sent-israel-thousands-2000-pound-bombs-since-oct-7-2024-06-28/
Oh, I see what you mean in that article:
Wow, pausing a single shipment when israel already had more than enough to level all of Palestine. That really made a difference!
"That's the way we've always done it" is a shit excuse for genocide. But any excuse will do for the genocidal.
The Leahy law is RIGHT THERE.
Nobody is silent about this what the fuck are you even talking about?
Are you reading all the comments? Nobody is being silent about it
How about the deafening silence from the Jewish community.
Such a deafening silence.
https://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
Sup. If you're out and around Jews (like me) you're probably hearing about how Israel is an antisemitic state because zionism is a philosophy that seeks to other us. If you're not hearing from us, it's probably because you're not conducting yourself like someone who's ready to listen
And, frankly, I understand why some Jews would be a little guarded when the topic of Israel comes up. Antisemitism is real and you'll certainly find people with a negative view on Israel that are conflating the nation with Jews. That's a conversation that can get really uncomfortable really quick.
It's why I have nothing but respect for the likes of "Jewish voice for peace" and the many Jewish college students and professors that have stood for the Palestinians. It's also why I hate someone trying to treat the Jewish community as having homogeneous beliefs.
my family has been in the united states for ~140 years. before i left instagram i would pretty regularly get death threats in my DMs. the one that stood out most to me said "go back where you came from before i send you back in a pine box, kike"
it was just so dumb. but also indicative of what it can be like for me to move around sometimes. people threaten me with violence for existing from time to time. when you live like that you learn who's willing to listen and who's in their current state unreachable. so yeah. if you're not hearing something from the Jewish community, it's probably because the Jewish community you want to hear from doesn't trust you for some reason. you don't surround yourself with a pocket of safety and so we distance ourselves from you.
people in this moment saying Jews are responsible for israel don't really understand that israel represents a single perspective on jewish identity, one that many Jews openly reject. the other thing to understand is israel has open citizenship for Jews. it's super easy for us to emigrate there. why might you think we haven't? could it be because we fundamentally disagree with its existence?