Well we are fucked then.
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Honestly, as much as I'd like to see the genocide stop, if Dems want to stand up to Trump, they should stand with the American people and stand against the oligarchs.
Decent wages. Healthcare. Housing. Education.
It's like being on a plane when the oxygen masks drop. Don't get out of your seat and try to help others. Put your own damn mask on.
Once the people who profit from our suffering are overthrown, it will be easier to try to overthrow the people who profit from the suffering of the world. In fact, many of them are the same people, so it's almost a side-effect.
Do you think the american people want genocide? The fact is the dems choose to represent genocide instead of all the things you mentioned. We dont need to compromise and accept genocide as long as we get the rest. Its genocide for fucks sakes, they need to stop completely.
This genocide is America's just as much as it is Israel's. We are the ones providing unconditional support to Israel, billions worth of military weapons, at the taxpayers expense. We are the ones providing international cover by vetoing multiple UN resolutions.
Not only is a weapons embargo incredibly popular, required by International and US Law, and the morally correct position; a weapons embargo would also free up those billions of dollars to go to healthcare, to housing, to education, to infrastructure, ect.
We also absolutely have the obligation to significantly fund humanitarian aid to Palestine, since all the death and destruction has happened with US Weapons and profited the US businesses creating those weapons.
Standing with Palestine is standing with the American people. Because we can change those billions going to their eradication, to instead go to helping the wellbeing of Americans and Palestinians.
Fascism doesn't deal in compromise; you have to reject it entirely or you accept it entirely. And guess what? Supporting fascism abroad is still fascism.
Some people just really like appeasing fascists.
So why support Palestine? When their leadership would kill you where you stand for your ideology?
Make it make sense - lol
Because genocide is bad no matter who it's done to. It's really that simple. I don't even need to challenge your willfully ignorant understanding of Palestinian society to be against genocide.
That's because deep down you know I'm right. And your pride won't allow you to admit it.
Dems don't want to stand up to trump, and they want to stand with Palestine protesters even less.
I don't want to stand with any religious extremist side that wants to put their dictatorship theocracy in place.
not gonna happen, %70-90 of them consistently vote against anything that is aimed at protesting or slowing down the genocide committed by Israel
They don't want to stand up to Trump
They are all bluster, but no real action. It's not just protestors, they're actively hurting the people they claim they're representing.
- Dems don't want to stand up to Trump. They are bought and paid for by the same oligarchs.
- Fuck this. What a desperate ploy. Dems standing with Palastine protestors would do fuck-all.
Dems are bad if they join the protest, Dems are bad if they don't join the protest and say nice words about it, Dems are bad if they don't say anything about it at all?
I don't disagree with what you're saying, but it would be better if you could couple your statement actions Democrat politicians should take (e.g. bring up bills in support of Palestine, put a Palestinian flag up somewhere, etc.), rather than simply complain they aren't doing anything.
Dems standing with Palastine protestors would do fuck-all.
It would represent people in the US who don't like genocide. Naturally, dems would rather have fascism under trump.
Yeah right, that's a no and no.
We have our own fucking problems to worry about, in case you haven't fucking noticed.
What a dipshit take.