• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Trump isn’t in charge right now. There is a genocide happening right now. Trump has nothing to do with that. How can you not want to pressure the guy that has the power right now to do something?

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        1 year ago

        No one said anything about not pressuring the guy, but right now isn’t the time to be divisive. The US is literally on the brink of becoming a fascist theocracy, and Biden is the only one who can stop it.

        It sucks that he’s our only option, but that’s life.

        Shit on him all you want after the election, but right now isn’t the time. The alternative is a guy who supports nuking Gaza.

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          but right now isn’t the time to be divisive

          It’s never the time, and all criticism is seen as divisive by people who can’t abide critics.

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          1 year ago

          What pressure are you putting on the guy? Guaranteeing him your vote is the opposite of pressure. It reads as endorsement or at least tacit approval of his policies. Assuming Biden actually cares to win the election, the best thing to do is threaten to withhold your vote. He still has five months to change voters minds. Let him see the polling, let his campaign see the mood on social media. Genocide is a red line, and it’s a low fucking bar.

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          1 year ago

          What Trump would do is an irrelevant question right now. This isn’t about the future, it is about the present.

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              1 year ago

              And it is irrelevant either way. Do you think Trump has power to end this genocide right now? Yes or no?

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                  1 year ago

                  Sorry if I am more concerned with the ongoing genocide supported by the current fascist in power, than with the potential continuation of the same genocide by the next fascist who may come to power.

                  You don’t really need my answer, and I don’t really need yours either.