But we avoided a genocide!
Only we didn't.
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The number of people who believe they have the moral high ground because they "didn't vote for genocide" would be funny if it wasn't for all of the genocide going on.
What? They assured me the candidates were equivalent! I mean, a cucumber is equivalent to a rotting corpse, isn't it?
The democrats could have avoided fascism!
Only they chose genocide instead.
The voters are a blatant scape goat. The dems pissed away their chances of winning either through brutal incompetence, complete disconnect with their voters or deep seeded corruption. They put the interest of a foreign genocidal nation over those of all Americans.
Blaming normal people that felt conflicted about genocide does nothing. Even worse, it will probably lead to getting the same kind of apathy driven platform next election.
I remember when their entire policy was 100% we're going to go kill children and it's the US doing this and not a foreign nation, so make sure to vote for the fascist who supports genocide but also wants to make the victim give up it's territory for a resort area as well instead.
no, wait, that was the russian and chinese social engineering shifting the narrative so dumbfucks could feel justified in voting away their own rights not to be deported to Salvadorian internment camps.
or maybe you're a russian, I don't know. If so, good job, you got us good.
Is it the Russian and Chinese that bribed the dems to run with it too? Lol
They could have, idk, stopped selling bombs to a genocidal state and condemned them instead. To pretend how they approached it wasn't a massive fuck up is silly.
Bribed them to follow established policy,? Nope, but you're naive if you believe any politician would have done any different when weighing options against political investment. I do believe it was Israel itself that was pushing the narrative that Biden was committing these acts to divorce their own involvement after the initial topic was broached. The investment in resources into Israel for decades to have at least a semblance of a foothold into a very politically volatile and traditionally unstable region seemed like something that couldn't be thrown away because back in those days (before the current administration) I believe that the politicians were still banking on using America's stability to try to calm the aggressions and not completely lose the investment that had already been dumped in over the past several administrations. All of the politics behind it really don't matter at this point anymore, because nobody could possibly still see this country as a stable political force again for at least another 40 years (if we were to suddenly get a competent leader all of a sudden.)
/Imho
The genicide was going to happen regardless. No one issue cost the dems the election. And if they want to win another election they'll address issues including genicide.
nah, it was ongoing every presidency, the election never took notice, until kamala was the candidate, then russian backed misinformation push it to the forefront of every news network, and made it a "problem". ive said it on reddit both parties and the constituencies have arnt that concerned with the conflict as much as domestic issues, the protest against gaza vote made was very small part of the voting population anyways.
I remember a friend saying that kamala was going to release all these criminals because she was against for profit prisons, then trump released all those criminals and crickets
That would have been the day! A prosecutor releasing all the successful convictions!
she was also laughing like a hyena, according to them.
To be fair, the crickets were being held unjustly.
sexism and racism is what got him in the presidency.
twice
Putin is laughing so hard right now that he is shitting his pants.
i doubt he can laugh, with all the botox he had on his face.
Heard it doesn't take him much at the moment - the slightest chuckle will probably do.
"If Kamala wins, you are 3 days away from the start of a 1929-style economic depression," Trump posted on November 2, 2024. "If I win, you are 3 days away from the best jobs, the biggest paychecks, and the brightest economic future the world has ever seen."
Paraphrasing an american saying, "You can paint orange a turd, but it is still a turd."
Told ya so fascists
Are you telling me that an asshole like Trump also projects? Jeez it's like the dude constantly lying, is also constantly lying, and maybe insecure.