Saying Biden was worse than Trump on Gaza is batshit.
Saying Biden was worse than Trump on Gaza is batshit.
I said arguably worse. Trump’s rhetoric is certainly worse. He doesn’t even pretend to give a shit about Palestinian lives. On the other hand, he doesn’t give a shit about Israeli lives either. Because of that, and his dream of a piece prize, he might actually stumble into a better outcome.
One of the very first things Trump did after being sworn in was release all the holds Biden placed on arms to Israel.
Biden put temporary holds on a few weapons, and they were mostly withdrawn before Trump even took office. At the same time, Biden was signing new arms deals to give them more weapons. Also, you never would have seen Biden negotiating behind Israel’s back with Iran.
and protest non-voting
What makes you think those votes would have all gone to Harris? Where is your evidence that the non-votes were specifically intended to protest and not just the usual result of a worn out and disengaged public? The 2020 election was high turnout and 2024 was a regression to the mean. I’m sure some people stayed home in protest, but if they were, as you say, radicalized, I think they would have gone third party.
Not voting is stupid. Voting 3rd party right now is stupid.
Did I say otherwise? But you know what else is stupid? Trying to rally voters by calling them stupid. Remember that day your mom refused to buy you the twinkies at the store and you called her stupid? Did you get the twinkies?
Destroying the far-right is more urgent than building the far-left.
The establishment has been saying exactly that forever, and look where that got us. That’s a shortcut to nowhere. You can’t beat fascism with neoliberalism. It’s failing everywhere in the world that it’s being tried.
If you want to back a leftist, have them infiltrate one of the parties so they can be part of the binary choice.
Did you see me advocate an outside strategy. I bet you didn’t. Know why you didn’t? Go ahead, guess.
The people who backed Cuomo are better than the ones who back MAGA.
It’s not about moral judgements, it’s about cause and effect. The people who backed Cuomo caused MAGA.
I said arguably worse. Trump’s rhetoric is certainly worse. He doesn’t even pretend to give a shit about Palestinian lives. On the other hand, he doesn’t give a shit about Israeli lives either. Because of that, and his dream of a piece prize, he might actually stumble into a better outcome.
Biden put temporary holds on a few weapons, and they were mostly withdrawn before Trump even took office. At the same time, Biden was signing new arms deals to give them more weapons. Also, you never would have seen Biden negotiating behind Israel’s back with Iran.
What makes you think those votes would have all gone to Harris? Where is your evidence that the non-votes were specifically intended to protest and not just the usual result of a worn out and disengaged public? The 2020 election was high turnout and 2024 was a regression to the mean. I’m sure some people stayed home in protest, but if they were, as you say, radicalized, I think they would have gone third party.
Did I say otherwise? But you know what else is stupid? Trying to rally voters by calling them stupid. Remember that day your mom refused to buy you the twinkies at the store and you called her stupid? Did you get the twinkies?
The establishment has been saying exactly that forever, and look where that got us. That’s a shortcut to nowhere. You can’t beat fascism with neoliberalism. It’s failing everywhere in the world that it’s being tried.
Did you see me advocate an outside strategy. I bet you didn’t. Know why you didn’t? Go ahead, guess.
It’s not about moral judgements, it’s about cause and effect. The people who backed Cuomo caused MAGA.